[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Family record featuring tintype portraits. Ca 1870s.
Sale 1194 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
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Jun 26, 2023
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Jul 7, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Family record featuring tintype portraits. Ca 1870s.
Family Record of John H. Pritchett and Susan Pritchett. 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (sight) partially printed lithograph complete with 10 tintypes of the Pritchett family and manuscript identifications, housed in 19 x 23 in. frame (toning, soiling, some wear to perimeter of lithograph, some chipping and surface wear to frame, which is reinforced on back with modern tape). Lithograph printed by Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati, OH, 1872.
John H. Pritchett and Susan Medley were married in Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1866, then moved to Chesterfield, Illinois. The family record includes 10 tintype portraits of John and Susan Pritchett, as well as their 8 children, all but one identified (some tintypes with flaking to surface). A beautifully illustrated photographic family record accompanied by copies of genealogical information related to the Pritchett family.
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