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Creator:

Bullard, ca. 1890s (Lexington, Mo.)  Search this

Jeffres and Rogers, ca. 1890s, Baltimore, Md  Search this

Jefferson, Virgie Williams, 1888-1986  Search this

Russell, fl. 1890s (Baltimore, Md)  Search this

Newman, A., ca. 1890s (Philadelphia)  Search this

Wagner, fl. 1890s (Baltimore [Md.])  Search this

W. Ashman's Photographic Art Studio, ca. 1890s, Baltimore  Search this

Waller, A. E., -ca. 1890s (Laurel, Del.)  Search this

Davis, ca. 1895 (Federalsburg, Md.)  Search this

Baltimore Photo. Co., ca. 1890s Baltimore, Md  Search this

Extent:

14 Photographs

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Memorial cards

Cabinet prints

Place:

Maryland -- 1890-1900

Date:

circa 1870s-1890s

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains thirteen items photoprints, including albumen cabinet prints, and a memorial card from about the 1890's. The photographs are studio portraits, including six by Baltimore photographers. These items were in the custody of various family members during the early twentieth century, then collected and identified by Mrs. Jefferson in 1964. The identifications presumably are all in Mrs. Jefferson's handwriting.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged numerically according to inventory.

Biographical / Historical:

Virgie Adams Williams Jefferson was a schoolteacher, who was born on June 10, 1888, in Dorchester County, Maryland, to Mary Elizabeth Hackett Williams and William Spry Williams; she was their third child. She graduated from Western Maryland College in 1909 and taught in a one room schoolhouse before her marriage. She married Jerome Davis Jefferson on November 11, 1914, and died on May 3, 1986. The donor of these photographs, Mrs. Mary J. Burnett, is the daughter of Virgie Williams Jefferson.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Mary J. Burnett, (Mrs. William F.), 1988, May 24.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Portraits -- Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Maryland  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1850-1900

Memorial cards -- 1890-1900

Cabinet prints -- 1870-1900 -- Maryland

Citation:

The Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0313

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Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a7352231-e0d0-49ac-9c6e-ac9325a6f2b4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0313