Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection
Bullard, ca. 1890s (Lexington, Mo.)
Jeffres and Rogers, ca. 1890s, Baltimore, Md
Jefferson, Virgie Williams, 1888-1986
Russell, fl. 1890s (Baltimore, Md)
Newman, A., ca. 1890s (Philadelphia)
Wagner, fl. 1890s (Baltimore [Md.])
W. Ashman's Photographic Art Studio, ca. 1890s, Baltimore
Waller, A. E., -ca. 1890s (Laurel, Del.)
Davis, ca. 1895 (Federalsburg, Md.)
Baltimore Photo. Co., ca. 1890s Baltimore, Md
NMAH.AC.0313
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14 Photographs
circa 1870s-1890s
English
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Arrangement
The collection is arranged numerically according to inventory.
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.
Preferred Citation
The Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Mary J. Burnett, (Mrs. William F.), 1988, May 24.
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.
Custodial History
These family photographs were in the collection of family members during the early twentieth century,
Processing Information
Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1990.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Photographs -- 1850-1900
Portraits -- Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Maryland
Maryland -- 1890-1900
Memorial cards -- 1890-1900
Cabinet prints -- 1870-1900 -- Maryland
Mrs. Stella Watkins. Cabinet print by W. Ashman's Photographic Art Studio, Baltimore.
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Unidentified young man. Cabinet print with gold edge, by Ashman, Baltimore.
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Young Davey Brinsfield, born 1/9/1876. By Baltimore Photo. Co.
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Unidentified bearded man by Jeffres and Rogers, Baltimore. Gelatin print, mount 19.6 x 13.4 cm.
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"Uncle Zora Brinsfield / born 12/5/1849." Gelatin cabinet print by Russell, Baltimore.
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"Uncle Zora Brinsfield / born 12/5/1849." Gelatin cabinet print by Russell, Baltimore.
Unidentified young man. Gelatin cabinet print with deckled edge by Wagner, Baltimore.
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"Uncle Eli Melson ... Aunt Myra Melson... Married 12/24/1895. Gelatin print by Davis, Federalsburg, Md.
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Unidentified woman. Gelatin oval print. Blind stamp on mount, "A. E. Waller / Laurel, Del." Mount 13.5 x 9.2 cm.
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"Aunt Annie Brinsfield [?] ...born 8/29/1848." Cabinet print by A. Newman, Philadelphia.
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"Aunt Annie Brinsfield [?] ...born 8/29/1848." Cabinet print by A. Newman, Philadelphia.
"Cousin Minas Adams..." Bearded man, gelatin cabinet print by Bullard, Lexington, Mo.
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Unidentified man and woman. Gelatin print, photographer's blind stamp rubbed. Mount, 18.5 x 13.5 cm.
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Two women and one man, unidentified. Gelatin oval print with decorative, embossed oval border, on mount 16.5 x 12.5 cm.
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Young man, oval portrait. 16.6 x 12.6 cm.
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Memorial card for Gertie W. Davis, died Nov. 9, 1892. Cabinet size, but without photograph.
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