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Call Number:

PH-00794

Collection Name:

Photograph album: [an album of family photographs]

Creator:

Aurig, James (1857 - 1935)

G. A. Douglass & Co.

Knight, W. M. (Willard M.) (1841 - 1881)

Morey-Bell, Jessie, 1867-

Paige, E. H.

Taylor, A. E., fl. ca. 1860-1890

No. of Items:

46 photographs in 1 album

Span Dates:

circa 1860s-1870s

Description:

Album of family photographs, compiled or owned by Jessie Morey-Bell (born 1867), that includes 31 cartes-de-visite and 15 tintypes. At least five of the tintypes were taken at the same photography studio and feature group portraits of young men and women. Identified photographers, followed by the number of prints by them, are: W. M. Knight (9), A. E. Taylor (4), E. H. Paige (2), G. A. Douglas & Co. (2), James Aurig (German, 1857-1935) (1).

Accession No(s):

980:0156:0001-0046

Location(s):

f TR 655.11 M674 1890z HRC-P (980:0156:0001-0046)
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