Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of tintype portraits of Black Americans
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Col-1022
Content Description
Fifteen tintype portraits of Black Americans by an unknown photographer.
Dates:
circa 1880- circa 1900; Other: Date of Physical Custody
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Recollections of a septuaginarian
Collection — Doc-30
Identifier: Doc-30
Scope and Contents
Jonathan Mason's memoirs were “written without any attempt at elegant phraseology or fine writing, but Currente Calamo as his thoughts and remembrances arose to his mind between sundown and dark. For the amusement of his Grandchildren.” Begins with account of his parents' recollections of the Revolution, and his own childhood memories of Boston. Continues with detailed accounts of his friendship with artists and patrons--including Gilbert Stuart, Washington Allston, Horatio Greenough, Thomas...
Dates:
[1866?]-1881
Found in:
Winterthur Library