Heath Family Photograph Album, Ilion and Dolgeville, N.Y., approximately 1917

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Heath family photograph album, Ilion and Dolgeville, N.Y., contains approximately 60 photographs primarily taken in Herkimer County, New York, related to the Heath family.

Extent:

approximately 60 photographs in 1 album.

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed by Terese Austin, June 2015 and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, March 2020

Background

Scope and Content:

The Heath family photograph album, Ilion and Dolgeville, N.Y., contains approximately 60 photographs primarily taken in Herkimer County, New York, related to the Heath family. The album (18 x 27 cm) has black cloth covers, and some photographs bear manuscript captions. Images include street views of Dolgeville, the Dolge factory complex, tree-lined residential streets, a patriotic parade and rally in Ilion, a procession of young women holding rifles marching beside a cemetery, and the interior of a room stocked with chemicals (possibly a photographic darkroom). Other images show farm scenes, posed individual and group portraits, and people with horses. One subject is identified by caption as "Clark Heath."

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Anglophile Owl, November 1993. F-140.12 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Commercial streets--1910-1920.
Factories--1910-1920.
Families--American--1910-1920.
Farms--1910-1920.
Horses--1910-1920.
Parades & processions--1910-1920.
Residential streets--1910-1920.

Formats:

Gelatin silver prints.
Photograph albums.

Names:

Heath, Clark H., 1886-1975.

Places:

Dolgeville (N.Y.)
Ilion (N.Y.)