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Photograph album 87B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1862-1863

GUSN

GUSN-269042

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Description

Many of the subjects in this carte de visite album are identified and dated in the same handwriting as in album 87A. Families represented are Terry, Child, Blanchard, Helms and Williams. There are also a few Civil War officers whose regiments are indicated in the captions. Boston photographers represented here are Russell A. Miller, Miller & Rowell, J.W. Black, Allen & Horton, Josiah C. Richardson, Heard & Mosely, Robert J. Chute and Professor Samuel A. King.

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Descriptive Terms

families
portraits
officers (military officers)
civil wars
photograph albums
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Physical Description

1 photograph album

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.087B

Acquisition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Miss R.L.S. Child

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Miller & Rowell (Photographer)
Miller, Russell A. (Photographer)
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)
Allen & Horton (Photographer)
Richardson, Josiah C. (Photographer)
Heard & Mosely (Photographer)
Chute, Robert J., 1833-1893 (Photographer)
King, Samuel A. (Photographer)

Material Type

photograph albums
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Subjects

Civil War

Description Level

Item

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