Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2015.1144.3.1Description
Sepia photograph of John Curtis Osborne, 2 3/8" wide X 3 13/16" tall. Photograph is from roughly the waist up. Subject is wearing a jacket over a vest (?) with pocket chain, and has dramatically styled beard. The photograph itself is on a small (2 1/2" wide X 4 3/16" tall) gray card with off-white corner protectors, which is then affixed to a larger (4" wide X 6" tall) white board with "JOHN CURTIS OSBORNE b. 1827" written on it in pencil.
With the photograph is an index card with the following information written on it:
John C. OSBORNE b. 1827 England
1860 Census - Wife - Alvenia b. 1830
Westport, NY
children: Susan Maria (b. 1841), Eliza (b. 1851), George (b. 1855), John E. (b. 1858)
Civil War Draft 1863
1870c - San Mateo, CA - Harness Maker
Daughter Eliza dies in 1869 (ca.)Collection
Photograph Collection