Contributor |
Taylor, William Curtis, photographer. |
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Street, Frank W., photographer. |
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O.M. Olsen Studio, photographer. |
Title |
Dickerson Family miscellaneous photograph collection [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[United States] |
Date |
[ca. 1885 -ca. 1910] |
Physical Description |
8 photographs : 6 albumen on cabinet card and 2 gelatin silver mounted on wood ; mount 17 x 11 cm (6.5 x 4.25 in.) or smaller. |
Description |
Collection of studio portraits of the multiracial descendants of the Philadelphia middle-class African American family, the
Dickersons. Contains portraits of six women and girls, two boys, and a baby. Identified sitters are predominately children,
including Catherine and Thomas Brown (P.9427.23), Emma R. Newlin (P.9427.17), and Wilson Newlin (P.9427.19). Also identified
is Anna M. Newlin (P.9427.18).
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Dates inferred from presented age and attire of sitters. |
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Accessioned 1993. |
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Description revised 2024. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Housed in phase box with albums. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Biographical / historical note |
Various Philadelphia and Baltimore photographers, including Philadelphia photographers William Curtis Taylor, Frank W. Street,
and O.M. Olsen Studio.
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Subject |
Brown, Catherine -- Portraits. |
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Brown, Thomas -- Portraits. |
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Newlin, Anna M. -- Portraits. |
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Newlin, Emma R. -- Portraits. |
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Newlin, Wilson -- Portraits. |
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Dickinson family. |
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African American children -- Portraits. |
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African American infants -- Portraits. |
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African American women -- Portraits. |
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Racially mixed people. |
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Multiracial people. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1880-1900. |
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Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910. |
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Cabinet photographs -- 1880-1900. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1880-1910. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *albums (flat) - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.17-24] |
Accession number |
P.9427.17-24 |