Molten family photograph album, 1860s-1880s, bulk 1870-1880

Summary

Creator:
Molten family
Date:
1860s-1880s, bulk 1870-1880
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Molten family photograph album, ms3976, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a photograph album containing mostly portraits of the Molten family. The photographs are all albumen prints from the 1870s and 1880s except for one tintype from the 1860s. Reference material provided by the Molten descendants identify many of the portrait subjects and photographers, and it is noted that some of the unidentified portraits may be of the Brearley branch of the family. The photographers based in Philadelphia include Frederick Gutekunst, Broadbent & Phillips, Suddards & Fennemore, Taylor & Brown, James Cremer, O. Knipe, P. Edward Chillman & Co., Gilbert & Bacon, and Samuel McMullin. Other photographers, many of whom were based in New England but some were as distant as Australia, England, and Germany, include F. Baum, Rawson, J.A. Wins, H.G. Smith, G. & R. Lavis, Moses Bowness, Tuttle & Co., Hermann Witte, R. Dighton, W. L. (Washington Lafayette) Germon, and Harry Pointer.

Biographical / historical:

Portraits of the Molten family and relatives were taken by many prominent photographers of the 19th century.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Molten family photograph album, ms3976, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.