Family and Travel Photograph Album, 1890s?

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Family and travel photograph album contains approximately 120 commercial and amateur photographs primarily showing a couple and their two young children.

Extent:

approximately 120 photographs in 1 album

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed by Terese Austin, May 2015 and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, February 2020

Background

Scope and Content:

The Family and travel photograph album contains approximately 120 commercial and amateur photographs primarily showing a couple and their two young children.

The album (18.5 x 28 cm) features photographs of the unidentified couple and an their children at home, visiting friends, and on trips to the shore. Also included are photographs of stately homes and several childrens' parties, with one group of children holding hoops and sticks. Commercial photographs include a view of Washington, D.C. from the Capitol dome; the U.S. Capitol building; the Statue of Liberty; the former Treasury building on Wall Street in New York City; the Brooklyn Bridge; Carpenters' Hall; the S.S. Teutonic; and a nearly completed Philadelphia City Hall.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Resnick, December 2005. F-252 .

Rules or Conventions:

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

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Children--1890-1900.
Children's parties--1890-1900.
Families--1890-1900.
Houses--1890-1900.
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)

Formats:

Collodion printing-out-paper prints.
Cyanotypes.
Gelatin silver prints.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Platinum prints.

Names:

Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Teutonic (Ship)
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)

Places:

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)