Ambrotype of Ebenezer Cole Staples and Eliza (Buker) Staples
Name/Title
Ebenezer Cole Staples and Eliza (Buker) Staples
Entry/Object ID
2015.54.1
Description
Small double ambrotype in thermoplastic case, gold metal frames. The subjects are Ebenezer Cole Staples (1800–1895) and his wife Eliza (Buker) Staples (1804–1887). Ebenezer Staples was the owner of the Old Orchard House hotel at Old Orchard Beach.
Context
It is possible that these pictures were used as reference by the painter who painted the large Staples Family painting (1937.19.1).
