Vance-McFarland Album 02, Photo 29 - Unidentified / Identification Conflict

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2023.12.104

Description

Tintype. Handwritten inscription on album page reads, "Henry + Katie Linton." This caption indicates that the subjects are Henry Linton [1809-1887] and Catherine (Abel) Linton [1810-1888]. However, this couple appears too young to be the Lintons, who would have been in their 40s or 50s at the time this image was taken. Furthermore, in the Mary (Vance) McCann Collection, there are two images of couples identified as Henry Linton [1809-1887] and Catherine (Abel) Linton [1810-1888], and two more images of men identified as Henry Linton [1809-1887]; unfortunately, photograph analysis indicates that the pictures are not all of the same people, calling all four identifications into question and requiring further research (see item # MILB-AN001-0002-0029, item # MILB-AN001-0006-0036, item # MILB-AN001-0006-0037, item # MILB-AN001-0006-0038). It seems likely that at least some of the Linton captions were well-meaningfully written in error by later generations that had not personally known the people pictured. Original, no photographer listed. Vance-McFarland Album 02, Photo 29.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Collection

Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1856 - circa 1865

Lexicon

Search Terms

Unidentified--People

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MILB-AN001-0002-0029

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Vance-McFarland Album 02 - Vance Series - Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Owner/Agent

Miller, William Marshall

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Mary (Vance) McCann Collection was passed from George Birch Vance [1870-1928] and Jessie Dell (McFarland) Vance [1868-1935] with the ownership of their home in Mapletown, Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their daughter, Mary (Vance) McCann [1898-1987], and her husband, Marshall Albert McCann [1895-1956]. Mary (Vance) McCann left the collection to her grandson, William Marshall Miller, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. SOURCE CITATION: Vance-McFarland Album 02, Photo 29; circa 1856-1865; item no. MILB-AN001-0002-0029, Mary (Vance) McCann Collection, shared by her grandson, William Marshall Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).