Ambler Family Photograph Collection

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Ambler Family Photograph Collection

Entry/Object ID

ARC621

Scope and Content

Thirteen Ambler family photograph albums (page numbers added to some albums) (Photos in image management are from several albums.) Album 1) Photos dated Feb 1896 to May 14, 1898 (Letty Cary Ambler written inside front cover) (blue & white photos--cyanotypes) (pages are loose and not numbered, 3 photos scanned: Lucy Ambler and 2 men Feb 10, 1896; Harewood Dec 10, 1896 (70); Prato Rio Sep 6, 1897 (111); St. Philip's Sewing School, August 27, 1896)) (All scanned pages are from Album 1). Album 2) Photos dated May 25, 1898, to Sep 5, 1900 (blue & white photos--cyanotypes) (pages are loose and not numbered, 5 photos scanned. Four photos of Zion Church dated November 25, November 30, December 1 and November 25, 1899, and one photo of Charles Town Graded School dated October 23, 1899) Album 3) Photos dated Sep 11, 1900, to Sep 8, 1903 (blue & white photos--cyanotypes) (One photo of Mordington scanned, pages not numbered) Album 4) Most photos not dated; some dated Sep 21, 1903, to Jul 4, 1904, pages are loose (14 photos scanned: pages 7-10 house at 208 S. George Street being built; pages 15-19 inside 208 S. George Street house; page 46 "Wild Rose" boat; page 64 Hawthorndale, June 13-18, 1904; pages 74-75 Ambler family; page 77 Turnpike Gate) Album 5) Most photos not dated; several dated Aug 1903; several dated Aug 31 and Sep 1, 1904, entitled "Glimpses of "Perrydise" July 1902. (Scanned 3 photos: pages 1-2 Perry family home across the Shenandoah, near Mannings Ferry; page 13 Hopewell Mill on Shenandoah) Album 6) About half photos not dated; about half dated Jul 4, 1904, to Jul 4, 1906 (domestic scenes, gatherings, foreign travel, on the water, Mannings Ferry, short hills. Scanned 5 photos: page 10 Harper House, Harpers Ferry; page 12 Wickliffe House in Virginia; page 45 "White House Camp" July 7-9, 1904; page 73 "First Aid to the Injured" April 13, 1905; page 87 Mountain Mission, February 24, 1906) Album 7) Most photos not dated; others dated Sep 6 and Oct 1, 1904, and Sep 1 and 13, 1906 (Scanned 7: pages 4-6 photos of Zion Church; pages 16-19 Claymont) Album 8) Photos dated Dec 20, 1904, to Jul 1909 Album 9) Photos dated May 9, 1908, to Jun 15, 1908 (foreign travel to Devonshire, Vickers Close and Medala ship) Album 10) Photos dated Jul 1909 to October 1911 (summer days, children, Wild Rose boat) Album 11) Photos dated Aug 24, 1916, to Aug 23, 1927 Album 12) Photos not dated ( 4 photos scanned: page 17 Ambler house on 208 S. George Street; page 33 Hopewell Mill on Shenandoah River; page 43 Gibson House; page 6 Court House in the snow) Album 13) Photos not dated (mostly seashore scenes) 14) H.K. Ambler scrapbook with pages of newspaper clippings, mathematical calculations, a few drawings, and loose items 15) 1898 weekly calendar; attached to pages are newspaper clippings of household suggestions 16) Black and white photo of Bank of Charles Town employees, Christmas 1972 (includes Shirley Hunt and Linda White) 17) Color photo of Bank of Charles Town employees, Christmas, unknown year (includes Shirley Hunt and Dodee Wenger) 18) Black & white postcard of the Gibson residence (on Samuel Street) (Scanned front of postcard)

Acquisition

Accession

534

Source or Donor

Cain, Harry James, III

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1896 - 1972

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1896-1927