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AlbumEntry/Object ID
A983.1Description
Small blue album made by Wing & Allen of San Francisco called a Gem Album. It is inscribed, "A birthday present to Eva from her sister May Shepherd."
It contains 48 small stamp-sized tintypes of the following people: Luella Shepherd (Mrs. Jim Butler), May Shepherd, Minnie McKean, Relles Carrasco, Amy Lubkin, Ida McCall, Fannie McKay, Mary Meysan, Marcia Bryant, Ella Burnes (Brown?), Nettie Webb, Maggie Zaun, Norman Dodge, Si Dodge, Clara Reynolds, Arthur Shepherd, May Shepherd, Mrs. Shepherd, C. Groves, Telie Strauss, Minnie Lasky, Bill Holland, Bob Carrasco, Mrs. Richards Vial, Harry Lasky, Joe Lasky, Web Walker, Zelia Meysan, John Lucas, Mabel Meysan, Rellis Carrasco, Mrs. Strauss, Stella Meysan, Manuel Diaz, Delfina Diaz, Mary Meysan and Bissi Comer.
The 48 tintypes are 4 to a page, each page double sided. The pages are heavy paper with the tintypes inserted between layers. Each photo is framed on the paper with a brown line curved at the corners and slightly arched at the top. The cover is a heavy cardboard covered with blue fabric with the surface having an embossed pattern.Collection
Helen Gunn Edwards Collection
