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[Group reading in a den] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A60079
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Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer.
Title
[Group reading in a den] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date
ca. 1890
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description
Depicts the photographer's parents, John Hambleton and Lydia Smedley Webster, reading next to a lamp in a den. Their son, Howard Webster, and an unidentified woman are reading near a fireplace, underneath an image of Benjamin Harrison posted on the overmantel.
Notes
Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Subject
Dens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Reading.
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Webster [P.9501.81]
Accession number
P.9501.81
In Collections
Webster Family Negative and Photograph Collection
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