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Photograph album 89

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-269052

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Description

A carte de visite album filled entirely of photographs taken by John P. Soule, a well-known Boston photographer. Many of these are of outdoor scenes, or are copies of paintings, such as a pair of George and Martha Washington portraits. The rest are unidentified portraits, and include one of a man in uniform.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
presidents
wives
scenes (depictions)
photograph albums
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Physical Description

1 photograph album

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.089

Acquisition Type

Library & Archives Accession

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Soule, John P. (Photographer)

Material Type

photograph albums
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Other People

Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington, Martha, 1732-1802

Description Level

Item

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