Burlingame (Kansas) photograph album, 1886-1897

University of Michigan William L. Clements Library

909 South University Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

clements-reference@umich.edu

Creator:: Anonymous
Abstract:: This photograph album contains tintype, carte-de-visite, and other portraits of various individuals taken in Burlingame, Kansas, and other locations in the late 19th century.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, April 2013

Scope and Content:: This photograph album (13.5cm x 17cm) contains 10 tintypes, 5 cartes-de-visite, and 4 additional studio portrait photographs of men and women. Some of the cartes-de-visite were taken in Burlingame, Kansas, and some may have been taken near "Dent Lake." One photomechanical print of Dora E. Hough may have been clipped from a published book or magazine. The photographs depict individuals and groups of young women and men, who are sometimes identified in captions. Captions are also present on many blank pages, though the photographs are no longer present. The volume has the title "Album" stamped in gold on its spine and additional stamped floral and decorative designs on its covers. The album, which is bound in brown leather, once had two metal clasps; only one remains.
Biographical / Historical:: The photographs in this album were taken by photographers in Burlingame, Kansas, and other locations in the late 19th century.
Acquisition Information:: 2007. F-872 .
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)