Local Families Picture Collection/Hattie Brown and Mabel Hall

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Hattie Brown and Mabel Hall: Photograph
Hattie Brown and Mabel Hall

Photograph

Name/Title

Local Families Picture Collection/Hattie Brown and Mabel Hall

Entry/Object ID

2023.006.085

Tags

Photograph

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

Photograph of Harriet ("Hattie") Wilcox Brown (left, 1854-1926) and Lulu Mabel Hall (right, 1863-1937). Hattie is DeEtta's cousin from Conneaut, Ashtabula County, OH. This is the porch of Mabel and her sister Flora DeEtta Hall (1858-1932)'s home in Meadville, Crawford County, PA. The home belonged to their mother Rosanna B. Smith Hall (1836-1905) prior to her death. Mabel appears to be welcoming Hattie after her travels. Photographs 79 through 91 in the Local Families Photograph Collection are housed in an album (c. 1900), glued onto black paper. This type of album first gained popularity around the turn of the century. The focus of the album is the family of Rosanna B. Smith Hall (1836-1905) and Thomas T. Hall (1813-1885). Thomas was no longer alive when it was produced. Rosanna's daughters Flora DeEtta Hall (1858-1932) and Lulu Mabel Hall (1863-1937) along with relatives on the Smith side of the family are prominently featured. The original owner of the album is unknown, though they refer to Rosanna and her sister Adaline "Addie" Smith Beatty (1837-1905) as "Aunt." Due to the large quantity of photographs owned by Amy Ida Williams Glisson (Rosanna's niece, 1857-1944) in the Local Families Photograph Collection and Amy's connections to the Smith Family visible in other photographs, it is possible that the album belonged to her, though Addie is technically not her aunt.

Collection

MSS 006 Local Families Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

Daniel McCormick

Category

Harriet Wilcox Brown, Lulu Mabel Hall
Brown Family, Smith Family, Hall Family

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Album, Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photography, Black & white photographs, Portrait photographs, Photograph albums

Create Date

June 4, 2025

Update Date

June 18, 2025