Power family photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains two photograph albums related to the Power family of Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Images depict views of life and places on the Eastern Shore as well as scenes located in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Dates
- circa 1890-1900
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Born in Ireland, Dr. Edward John Power (d. 1894) and his brother, Samuel Power (1814-1871), both served as civil engineers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He married Matilda Harding of Princess Anne, Somerset County and the couple lived at the property known as "Ringsend" in Queen Anne's County, Maryland; which was located two miles west of the town of Millington and was situated on the Chester River near Unicorn Branch. The Powers had five children: Esther; Helen (1843-1913); Victorine (1845-1922); Annie (1850-1932); and Edward Samuel (1853-1922).
In 1843, Power received his medical degree from Bowdoin College in Maine and then returned to Queen Anne's County to establish his practice and begin serving the Millington-area as a physician and surgeon. After the death of his first wife, he married Julia Jones of Princess Anne in 1863 and they had two children.
Edward Samuel Power (1853-1922) was a graduate of Bowdoin College, Jefferson Medical School, and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. A physician and pharmacist in West Philadelphia, he married Emma Johnson (1855-1923) in 1885 under the care of Green Street Monthly Meeting. They had two daughters and lived in Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
(Biographical information found in MS 3043, Power family manuscript collection, 1912-1917)
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The photographs remain in the albums.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward Power Thatcher in 1983 (accession # 000279).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one box containing two photograph albums related to the Power family of Queen Anne's County, Maryland. The majority of the photographs are captioned, which is indicated in the inventory with a title being in quotation marks.
The photographs depict the Eastern Shore of Maryland as well as locations in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey from circa 1890 to 1900. There are many images of rivers, mills, churches, and historic sites. A number of images document ocean resort life at Rehoboth, Delaware and others depict people engaged in recreational activities such as bathing, boating, and crabbing.
Of particular note are several photographs of African Americans, including an image of a young man dressed in a suit standing in front of the Sussex Hotel located in Seaford, Delaware; a group portrait of a family posing before a house; and a portrait of a woman captioned "Aunt Louisa aged 96."
- Title
- Guide to the Power family photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Katherine Cowan
- Date
- 1999-09
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020-01-25: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
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