Name/Title
Milo and Harriet BerryEntry/Object ID
2024.4.5Description
Photograph of a man and woman linking arms. The man is in a dark suit with a plaid vest and black tie. His hair has a deep part over to the left side of his head. The woman wears a black dress. Her hair is parted in the middle with curls surrounding her face.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Cabinet CardSubject Person or Organization
Milo H. Berry, Harriet BerryContext
Cabinetmaker Milo Hoyt Berry (1819–1907) came to the South from Newark, New Jersey in 1843. After settling in Columbia around 1845, Berry established a furniture and undertaking business in the city. Despite numerous fires and the destruction of his cabinet shop and warerooms during the Civil War, Berry operated at 107 Main Street (later renumbered 1440 Main Street) from c.1850 to 1903.
His first marriage was to Harriet Meiggs Berry (1820–1849). Married in 1843, the couple moved from New Jersey to South Carolina and had four children together. Upon Harriet's death, Milo married his sister-in-law, Julia Meiggs (1822–1906), five months later in 1849.
This cabinet card, made by Joseph Kirk (b.1830) in Berry's hometown of Newark, New Jersey, was likely completed around 1866. It is a reproduction of a daguerreotype taken some time between the couple's marriage in 1843 and Harriet's death in 1849. A drawing of Harriet also exists based on this image, possibly also created by Kirk.Made/Created
Studio
J. Kirk, Practical PhotographerDate made
circa 1866Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Makers MarkLocation
Back CenterTranscription
J. Kirk, Practical Photographer, 194 Broad Street, Newark, N.J.Dimensions
Width
2-5/16 inLength
3-3/4 in
