Closser Album 03, Photo 23

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Closser Album 03, Photo 23

Entry/Object ID

2019.9.98

Description

Carte-de-visite. A. Wallace, Artist, Waynesburg, Pa. There is a 3 cent tax stamp on the back side indicating that the photo dates to the Civil War, probably between 1 August 1864 and 1 March 1865 during the time when a tax stamp higher than one cent was used.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Collection

Harold T. Closser Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Wallace, Alexander (Studio)

Date made

circa 1865

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Tax stamps, Unidentified--People

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

CLOW-AN003-0023

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Closser Album 03 - Harold T. Closser Collection

Notes

The Harold T. Closser Collection was passed from Henry Moninger Closser [1850-1908] and his second wife, Sarah Ann "Sadie" (Thompson) Closser [1860-1957], to their son Harold T. Closser [1902-1998] and his wife, Catherine (Hoge) Closser [1905-1933], to their son William Henry Closser [1933-2010] to his son William Henry Closser who shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2019. Source Citation: Closser Album 03, Photo 23, item no. CLOW-AN003-0023, Harold T. Closser Collection, shared by William Henry Closser, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).