Glass-plate negatives, undated [1880-1920]

Summary

Abstract:

Collection includes 264 glass-plate negatives of people, some identified as living in Clare or Isabella County, Michigan, and some miscellaneous images, undated [1880-1920].

Extent:

2 cubic feet (in 4 boxes)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by J. Wright, Marian Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

Collection of 264 glass-plate negatives measuring either 4 inches x 6 inches or 4 inches x 5 inches, mostly unidentified, and all undated [1880-1920]. Included in the collection are portraits and group images of men, women, and children, as well as some buildings, instruments, a band, camping with tents, and horses and buggies. A few identified images are Godon Ripenburg of Clare, Michigan, the Clare Bakery, two Fish family gravestones of Isabella County, Michigan, John D. Oren of Michigan, and the ferry "Manistee." The creator is unknown. There are also two positive images, one of a seated woman cut down into an oval shape on a broken glass plate. The other is a small, partial black and white print of a church and factory taken from negative #97.

Federal census for Michigan show John D. Oren (born about 1868) lived in Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan, in 1910 and in Seneca, Lenawee County, Michigan, in 1930; David Fish (born about 1833) lived in Denver Township, isabella County, Michigan, in 1900; and Gordon Ripenburg (born about 1883) lived in Clare, Michigan, from 1910 to 1918.

Acquisition Information:

Acc#3206

Arrangement:

Arrangement is numerical by negative number.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Portrait photograph--United States--History--20th century.
Family--United States--History--20th century.
Women--United States--History--20th century.
Children--United States--History--20th century.
Girls--United States--History--20th century.
Boys--United States.
Men--United States--History--20th century.
Isabella County (Mich.)--History.
Clare (Mich.)--History.