Photograph by
J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
Ball, James Presley, American, 1825 - 1904
Ryder, J. F., American, 1826 - 1904
Goebel, Rudolph, German American, 1835 - 1923
Crouch, W. T., American
LeClear, J. M., American, 1837 - 1914
Fox, A. J., American
Graves, E. L.
Seymour, H. A.
LaTour, William, American
Upton, L. W., American
Published by
Bowles, Samuel, American, born 1865
Subject of
Wetherbee, Eunice Eliza-Mills, American, 1824 - 1914
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
album: leather and metal;
photographs: albumen and silver on paper and collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
Dimensions
H x W x D: 6 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (15.6 × 13 × 3 cm)
Description
A leather photograph album containing 20 photographic images, including sixteen carte-de-visite and four tintypes, some of which are paper-mounted. The portraits capture men and women of various ages, either standing or seated in interior spaces. The interior of the leather photograph album features a large brown decorative ink imprint marked: [Photograph / ALBUM / Samuel Bowles & Co. / PUBLISHERS, SPRINGFIELD / Mass. / M. Bradley, lith. / Springfield, Mass.]. At the top of the imprinted page are graphite inscriptions: [ph. 11-4259CMISF-11]. Identified photographers of the album photographs include: JP Ball & Company; William T. Crouch; Belleville, Illinois; Fischer, St. Louis, Missouri; A.J. Fox, St. Louis, Missouri; R. Goebel, St. Charles, Missouri; LaTour, Chicago, Illinois; LeClear's, Jackson, Michigan; J.F. Ryder, Cleveland, Ohio; and H.A. Seymour, Jackson, Michigan.
Place captured
United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
cartes-de-visite
tintypes
albumen prints
photograph albums
Topic
Men
Photography
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2020.10.3
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d15bc274-02ec-411d-9f84-514e5b18b04d

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