[Portrait of Colonel Charles William Folsom] (LOC)

[Portrait of Colonel Charles William Folsom]

 

[ca. 1865]

 

1 photograph : tintype in paper frame ; plate 5 x 4 cm, frame 10 x 6 cm.

 

Notes:

Photograph shows Charles William Folsom (1826-1904), an abolitionist, civil engineer and Civil War veteran from Boston, Massachusetts.

Title devised by Library staff.

The tintype is housed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, patented by Ray W. Potter of New York in 1865. DLC

"Potters Patent March 7 1865"--embossed on front of paper frame. DLC

"Col. C.W. Folsom" written across the bottom of the paper frame. DLC

Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the image. DLC

Please use the digital image in the online catalog to preserve the original photograph.

Collection of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History & Culture.

Purchased by the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Swann Galleries; 2017.

Formerly owned by Emily Howland. DLC

Forms part of the Emily Howland photograph album, p. 18.

 

Subjects:

Folsom, C. W.--(Charles William),--1826-1904.

Howland, Emily,--1827-1929--Friends & associates.

 

Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.

Tintypes--1860-1870.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Emily Howland photograph album (DLC) 2017656258

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.54172

hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.54173

 

Call Number: LOT 15020, p. 18

 

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