Local Families Photograph Collection/William Williams Sr. (tin-type)

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William Williams Sr. (tin-type): front of photograph
William Williams Sr. (tin-type)

front of photograph

Name/Title

Local Families Photograph Collection/William Williams Sr. (tin-type)

Entry/Object ID

2023.006.033

Tags

Photograph, Tin-Type

Scope and Content

This photograph collection primarily consists of the Hall and Williams family and their extended relations of Chester County, Pennsylvania. At some point in the 20th century the family and photographs extend to Meadville of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Context

Tin-type photograph (c. 1875) of William Williams Sr. (1824-1886), son of Jesse Williams (1798-1872) and Sarah Hoopes (1791-1839), husband of Amy H. Williams (1823-1889), and father of Thomas H. Williams (1852-1907), Amy Ida Williams Glisson (1857-1944), and William Williams Jr. (1860-1935) The photograph is from photographer Lewis Horning (1834-1909)'s studio at 1109 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA which he operated in the mid-1870s. From the 1860s through 1890s he operated various studios in Philadelphia and Phoenixville, PA.

Collection

MSS 006 Local Families Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

Daniel McCormick

Category

William Williams Sr., Lewis Horning
Williams Family, Photographers and Photography Studios

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Tintype

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photography, Black & white photographs, Portrait photographs, Tintypes, Ferrotypes

Create Date

June 3, 2025

Update Date

June 19, 2025