The Matlack and Bishop Family Collection; daguerrotype: two women, seated

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Two women, seated, circa 1860s

Two women, seated, circa 1860s

Name/Title

The Matlack and Bishop Family Collection; daguerrotype: two women, seated

Entry/Object ID

2023.009.05

Tags

Daguerreotype, Photograph

Scope and Content

Angela B. Matlack, wife of Wilson M. Matlack and daughter of Joaquim Bishop, Sugartown’s platinum refiner, purchased The Garrett House, sometime after William Garrett’s death. Angela Matlack shopped at Historic Sugartown’s General Store, appearing frequently in Hillery John’s Day Books in the early 1880s. Angela’s husband, Wilson, was a Civil War veteran and served as Captain of the Washington Troop of Chester County, the local unit of the National Guard of Pennsylvania in 1874.

Context

Daguerreotype of the Matlack and Bishop families, circa 1850

Collection

The Matlack and Bishop Family Collection

Cataloged By

Susannah Thurlow

Category

The Matlack and Bishop Family Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Daguerreotype

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Daguerreotypes, Women

Create Date

March 30, 2023

Update Date

May 4, 2023