Photograph Album, 1880-1921
Scope and Contents
A Victorian photograph album of rubbed and embossed leather and metal clasp, with some gilt and hand colored blossoms on the front board. Album kept by Anna E. Alston containing 72 photographs, mostly of African Americans with some white subjects as well, taken in Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Providence, and Boston. The subjects of most photos are not identified.
The complete list of photographers includes: Hennries (124 1/2 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina), Arthur L. Macbeth (529 King Street and 33 Henrietta Street Charleston, South Carolina), J. P. Haseltuie, Kuebler (1204 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Rauchall (Ann Arbor, Michigan), J. N. Wilson (21 Bull Street Savannah, Georgia), Allen and Rowell (25 Winter Street Boston, Massachusetts), Barnard (263 King Street Charleston, South Carolina), The Anderson Studio, Carrington, Thomas and Co. (Charleston, South Carolina), Geo L. Cook (265 King Street Charleston, South Carolina), W. H. Getchell (375 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts), G. P. Laselle (468 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts), Coleman and Remington (Providence, Rhode Island), Richardson's (120 Hanover Street Boston, Massachusetts), Joseph Ward (125 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts), Warren's (289 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts), William Bennet and Co. (27 Gt. St. James Street Montreal), D. Appleton and Co. (443/445 Broadway New York), H. C. Searles (251 King Street Charleston, South Carolina), J. B. Macbeth (Eureka Photo Studio at 308 King Street Charleston, South Carolina), Leidloff's Studio (249/251 King Street Charleston, South Carolina), G. W. Swift (Fridenberg's Block Bay Street Jacksonville, Florida), Anderson (267 King Street Charleston, South Carolina), E. F. Durshee (58 Temple Place Boston, Massachusetts), and Metcalf (503 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts).
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1921
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Record Group: 4.1 linear feet (8 archival boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Separated Materials
Ephemera and photographs that were stored loosely in-between pages have been separated from the album and stored in separate folders for better preservation. Ephemera includes an amateur watercolor painting, a post card to John Alston, a bible page, a program from a communion service, and a description of an African American Baptist Cemetery located on Alexander Street in Charleston, South Carolina.
Repository Details
Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository
125 Bull Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424 United States
843-953-7608
averyresearchcenter@cofc.edu