Photographs, 1884-1911

Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1884-1911, undated

Location Note

Box 15, Folder 3

GUSN

GUSN-381103

Description

10 black-and-white photographs include cabinet cards, a carte-de-visite, a Christmas postcard, and one unmounted family photograph.

Some photographs have handwritten notations on the verso identifying the sitters. Most photographs are undated except a carte- de-visite identifying Grace Holt in 1901, a cabinet card identifying Grace, Constance, and Sylvia Holt in 1894, and an unmounted photograph of the Holt Family dated 1911.

One mounted undated photograph shows a group of men possibly standing in front of Roseland cottage [as identified by quatrefoil ornaments on porch roof supports]. Other identified sitters include "Grace and Hamilton", Paul Bowen and George E. McClellan, Clarence Bowen, Pauline Bowen, and Paul Holt Bowen.

Details

Physical Descrption

10 black-and-white photographs including cabinet cards, a carte-de-visite, a Christmas postcard, and one unmounted family photograph.

Collection Code

MS006

Collection Name

Bowen family papers

Date of Acquisition

2020

Reference Code

MS006.01.22.03

Record Details

Description Level

File part

Location Note

Box 15, Folder 3

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