Webster, Howard

Photograph

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

Webster, Howard

Entry/Object ID

2001.005.154

Description

Photograph, cabinet. B/W studio portrait of Howard Webster. Full-length shot; he is leaning on a classical urn and standing in front of a painted backdrop. Imprinted across bottom front "Julius Hebbel, WESTMINSTER, MD." Written across bottom front in ink "Howard Webster." Imprint also appears on back. 6.5" x 4.25". 1887.

Acquisition

Accession

2001.005

Source or Donor

Mitchell, Betty Ecker

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Part of a collection of family photographs acquired by donor. Photos were mounted on several sheets of poster board for display at family reunions. Photos were mounted using a combination of tacks, staples, "Scotch" tape, masking tape and duct tape; all have suffered damage from mounting methods. Julius Hebbel's studio was at 35 E. Main St., Westminster in 1887. Howard Webster was born in 1871.