Closser Album 03, Photo 23

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Unidentified

Unidentified

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

Acquisition

Accession

2019.9

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

William Henry Closser

Made/Created

Studio

Wallace, Alexander (Studio)

Date made

circa 1865

Place

Town

Waynesburg

County

Greene County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

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).