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New Bedford family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: MC-063

Scope and Contents

Leather photograph album with pre-cut windows for photographs or cartes-de-visite, as well as eighteen tintype portraits, and twenty-five black and white albumen prints mounted on card stock (cartes-de-visite). All photographs were removed by seller. The cartes-de -visite are stamped with the photographer’s name, most of which are based in New Bedford. These include E.S. Dunshee of 30 Purchase St., and Howland & Crowell, also of New Bedford, placing the origin of the album most likely in New Bedford. Other photographers were based in Boston. Only 3 subjects are identified by handwritten notes on the cards: George H. Lincoln, Tom Norton and Addie Hill.

Dates

  • 1860-1869

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

43 Photographic Prints (One album with 43 photographs)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in 2005.

Processing Information

Maura McGurk ’07, June 2006

Title
New Bedford family photograph album
Status
Completed
Author
Maura McGurk
Date
June 2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository

Contact:
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA