Photograph album

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Photograph album

Entry/Object ID

ARC644

Scope and Content

Photograph album with black and white photos of unidentified people Plush red velvet cloth-covered photo album; front and back covers filled with heavy padding; pages are heavy cardboard; metal clasp holds album closed. Photographs on heavy stock are embossed by the name of production studio. Mounted in sleeves are 24 unnamed portraits embossed with studio's name & location. Cities represented include Baltimore, New York, Greencastle, Hagerstown, and Charlestown and more. The only photographs with locations identified are from the 1883 International Fisheries Exhibition, London, United Kingdom. Photos of unidentified women are shown as Belgian, Scottish, or Dutch Fisherwomen.

Acquisition

Accession

00

Source or Donor

Found in collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

7" x 8 1/2" x 2 3/4" thick; 20 cardboard pages, each with capacity for a photo front and back but not all contain photographs.

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1883 circa