Unidentified

Photograph

Greene Connections

Unidentified

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Name/Title

Unidentified

Entry/Object ID

2004.3.99

Description

Original, no photographer listed. Though not a typical ambrotype, as was common in the 1850s-1860s, this beautifully hand-tinted image is on glass with a white backing. It is matted and framed. Frame measures 4.25 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide. RESEARCH NOTE: A funeral program also included in the Josephine Denny Collection (see item # DENN-AN004-0034) features a reproduction of this image alongside a memorial poem, but includes no further details about the subject. Notations on the reverse of the funeral program indicate it was in the custody of Mary Inghram (Denny) Weaver [1891-1972] during her residency in Chicago, after her marriage to Charles Arthur Weaver, in 1929. The notes imply that she may have ordered a copy of the original photograph (item # DENN-AN004-0034) at that time; although if this is the case, then the notation contains an error because it refers to a daguerreotype, which this image is not. Daguerreotypes were most popular in the 1840s-1850s. They were long out of use by the time this photograph was taken in the 1880s-1890s. Furthermore, daguerreotypes were preserved on metal, while this image is preserved on glass.

Collection

Josephine Denny Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1885 - circa 1890

Lexicon

Search Terms

Unidentified--People

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

DENN-AN004-0034

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miscellaneous Series - Josephine Denny Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Josephine Denny Collection was passed from Eleazer Luse Denny [1865-1910] and his wife, Louise (Inghram) Denny [1867-1956], to their daughters, Mary Inghram (Denny) Weaver [1891-1972], Josephine Denny [1893-1992], and Helen (Denny) Howard [1896-1981]. Josephine Denny passed the collection to Farley Toothman who owned and shared it with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2004 and 2025. SOURCE CITATION: Circa 1885-1890; item no. DENN-AN004-0034, Josephine Denny Collection, shared by Farley Toothman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).