Victorian photo album of Martha Blackburn
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a victorian photograph album received as a gift by Marth Blackburn in 1888. It includes cabinet cards, carte de visites, tintypes of DeWitt, Iowa families of Blackburn, Carson, Clark, Dunnen, Graves, and Williams and Clinton, Iowa families of White and Peoples. Smith Studio of DeWitt is attributed to taking these images.
Dates
- Creation: 1888 March 1
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
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Extent
1 Box(es) (in 1 archive box.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 37 Section 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
Physical Description
album poor; images good-some trimmed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
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Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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