Sarah Penty, c.1860s

Photograph

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Shaker Historical Society

Name/Title

Sarah Penty, c.1860s

Entry/Object ID

2019.1.11

Tags

Warrensville Township, 19th Century, 1860s

Description

Tintype gem portrait of a young woman identified as Sarah Penty on verso. Tintype features some hand tinting on the subject's face and is mounted in an elaborate miniature frame to a decorative cartes-de-visite size card.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Subject Person or Organization

Sarah Penty Hecker

Context

Sarah Penty married Henry Hecker, also the subject of a gem tintype, in 1868.

Category

Photographs
Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2019.1

Source or Donor

Charlotte Lyons

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Charlotte Lyons

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860 - circa 1865

Notes

Date estimated from birthdate and approximate age in photograph

Location

Location

Box

Photograph Archives Box 04

Room

Elizabeth Nord Library & Archives

Building

Shaker Historical Society

Date

January 15, 2026