Album, 1877 - 1901
Dates
- Other: 1877 - 1901
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
34 Items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Notes
29 x 24 cm., brown leather cover painted with flower blossoms, shamrocks stamped on spine, gold edged pages and gold-colored lock. Album is inscribed on first page, "To Adele, From GrandPa, December 25th 1886". Contains 34 studio portraits, n.d. and 1877-1901. Most are dated but few are identified, on verso. Portraits include Marguerite Allston Jones at age 4 months and 12 days; Lavinia Cooper Reip, 1884; Laura Semmes Smith, 1895; C.W. Smith, 1882 (man in uniform); Anna Hoofer, 1896 (age 6 years); Arthur M., 1886; Adele, 1884; and unidentified women, men, and children. Also contains calling card of Marguerite Allston Jones of Benvenuta, Lake Roland, 1892.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one box containing one album with 34 photoprints, two ivorytypes and one tintype, and one folder with five photoprints, for a total of 42 photoprints. Subjects are portraits of Augusta Adele Smith Jones and her family members and friends, which are undated or from 1865-1901. Many of the portraits are unidentified; identified individuals include Lavinia Cooper Reip Smith, Benjamin Bohen Jones, Talbot and Helen Denmead, and Evans Rogers.
Note: Collection includes ephemera including an envelope with three valentines, several school certificates of Miss Adele A. Smith from the Academy at 27 Cathedral Street, 1877-1879, a 1976 calendar of Historic Baltimore County, and a large format (43 x 33 cm) scrapbook stamped with "Meriden Britannia Company, Illustrated Price List, Ellectro Silver Plate" on cover, containing pictures of home furnishings and other items.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org