Commerce Township, Michigan family photograph album, [1860-1890]

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

This photograph album contains 19th-century carte-de-visite, photomechanical print, and tintype portraits of residents of Kent and Oakland Counties, Michigan.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, May 2013

Background

Scope and Content:

This photograph album (14cm x 11cm) contains 18 cartes-de-visite, 4 halftone photomechanical prints, and 2 tintypes, which are portraits of residents of Kent and Oakland Counties, Michigan, taken during the 19th century. Most of the items are studio portraits of men, women, children, and infants. The halftone photomechanical prints are montages, including one portrait of a woman placed behind a drawn window. A number of the subjects are identified. A decorative design is embossed on the album's brown leather cover, and the title "Album" is stamped in gold on its spine; the volume also has a metal clasp.

Biographical / Historical:

Ephraim and Jane Burch lived in Walled Lake, Michigan, in 1860, Rodney Sessions and his wife Rose lived in Gaines Township, Michigan, with their son Hale in 1880. Various members of the Burch family resided in Commerce Township, Michigan, by 1900.

Acquisition Information:

2005. F-808 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Rules or Conventions:

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

Related

Additional Descriptive Data:

Bibliography

Twelfth Census of the United States . 1900.

United States Census, 1860 .

United States Census, 1880 .

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.

Formats:

Card photograph albums--1860-1890.
Cartes de visite--1860-1890.
Halftone photomechanical prints--1860-1890.
Portrait photographs--1860-1890.
Tintypes--1860-1890.

Names:

Burch, Ephraim.
Burch, Ford.
Burch, Jane.
Compton, Lucy.
Cook, Irene.
Cook, Julia.
Sessions, Hale.
Sessions, Rodney.
Sessions, Rose.

Places:

Commerce (Mich. : Township)