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William Page and Page Family papers, 1815-1947, bulk 1843-1892

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Series 6: Photographs, 1845-1947, undated
(Box 7-9, OV 12, MGP 5-6; 1.4 linear feet)

This series includes photographic portraits, snapshots, photographs of homes and other buildings, travel photographs, and photographs of works of art. Most portraits are mounted cabinet photographs or cartes-des-visites, but a small number of tintypes, daguerreotypes, and unmounted prints are also found. Portraits depict William Page, his family, descendants, and friends, as well as sitters for his painted portraits. Photographs after 1900 depict primarily the family of George S. Page, William Page's son, his wife and children, and their families.
Several of the portraits from the 19th century were taken in the Brady studios of Matthew Brady, and a few from the Sarony studio in New York are also found. There is a large portrait of Page taken by Charles H. Williamson. Pencil tracings on several enlarged photographs, grid marks on cabinet photographs and tintypes, and color notes handwritten on photographs seem to indicate that some of these photographs were used as studies for paintings. Drawings of some of the photographic subjects are also found in the Artwork series.
Most of the portraits and snapshots in this series are unidentified. Where subjects have been identified, their names appear in the folder list.
Many of the photographs of works of art relate to Page's study of Shakespeare, including a collection of Shakespeare portraits and photographs of the supposed death mask of Shakespeare then in Darmstadt, Germany. Other photographs of works of art include a series of heliotypes of classical busts in the Gray Collection of Harvard College.
Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.
Glass plate negatives have been scanned.
Description Container Select
Portrait Photographs
William Page, undated
7
2
Henry Ward Beecher, 1874, undated
7
3
Reuben E. Fenton, 1860-1875
(Oversized items housed in Box 9)
7
4
Emma A. Fortuna, 1882, undated
7
5
Sophia Stevens Page (daughter), 1882, undated
7
6
William Page (grandson), 1889-1892, undated
7
7
Wendell Phillips, 1855-1865
(Oversized items housed in Box 9)
7
8
Winfield Scott, 1862
7
9
B.Frank and Charlotte Stevens, 1882
7
10
Henry Stevens, undated
7
11
Simon Stevens, 1884, undated
7
12
Charles Sumner, 1856-1866, undated
7
13
Unidentified, Multiple Views, undated
(Oversized items housed in Box OV 12)
(Image 4, identified after processing as Cornelius Vanderbilt)
7
14
Unidentified, Multiple Views, undated
7
15
Unidentified, Multiple Views, undated
7
16
Of Men, 1863-1890, undated
(oversized items housed in Box 9)
(Includes portraits of James Russell Lowell, Charles W. Eliot, Admiral David Farragut, possibly Robert Browning, William Lloyd Garrison, Paul Christen__, Sanford Thayer, Edwin Liebfreed, and William R. O'Donovan)
7
17
Of Men (Copy), undated
(Includes print of portrait of William R. O'Donovan)
7
18
Of Men, Unidentified, 19th century
(oversized items housed in Box OV 12; 1 glass plate negative housed in MGP 5)
7
19
Of Men, Unidentified, 19th century
7
20
Of Men, Unidentified, 19th century
7
21
Of Men, Unidentified, 19th century
7
22
Of Men, Unidentified (Glass Negative), 19th century
(1 glass plate negative housed in MGP 5)
7
23
Of Men, Unidentified, 20th century
7
24
Of Women, 1882-1885, 1929, undated
(Oversized items housed in Box 9)
(Includes portraits of Emma Page Watson, Candace Page [both daughters of William Page], Bertie Maretzeh, Julia Butler, Alice B. Jepson, Mrs. George Stevens Page [daughter-in-law of William Page])
7
25
Of Women, Unidentified, 19th century
7
26
Of Women, Unidentified, 19th century
7
27
Of Women, Unidentified, 19th century
7
28
Of Women, Unidentified, 19th century
(oversized items housed in Box OV 12)
7
29
Of Women, Unidentified (Glass Negatives), 19th century
(3 glass plate negatives housed in MGP 5 and MGP 6)
7
30
Of Women, Unidentified (Glass Negatives), 19th century
(3 glass plate negatives housed in MGP 5 and MGP 6)
7
31
Of Women, Unidentified, 1922, undated
(Oversized items housed in Box 9)
7
32
Of Couples and Groups, 1882, undated
7
33
Of Children and Pets, 1882, undated
(oversized items housed in Box 9)
7
34
Of Children and Pets (Glass Negatives), undated
(1 glass plate negative housed in MGP 5)
7
35
Snapshots, 1886-1887, undated
7
36
Snapshots, 1906-1915, undated
7
37
Snapshots, 1920-1947, undated
7
39
Photographs of Places
Page Home in Tottenville, NY, 1904
8
1
Lighthouse on Long Island Sound, 1872
8
2
Tomb of Henry Stevens, Vermont, USA, undated
8
3
Travel Series from Great Britain and Switzerland, 19th century
8
4
Photographic Postcards of Bemus Point, NY, circa 1906
8
5
Miscellaneous Places, 1865, undated
(Oversized items housed in Box OV 9)
8
6
Photographs of Works of Art
Page's Bust and Portrait of Shakespeare, undated
(2 folders, including oversized glass negative; oversized items housed in OV 12 and artifact cabinet, drawer 1, numbered 21)
8
7-8
Other Shakespeare Portraits, undated
8
9
Shakespeare Death Mask, circa 1870s
(Oversized items housed in Box 9)
8
10
"Farragut at Mobile" by Page, circa 1868
8
11
Heliotypes of Classical Busts, undated
(Oversized items housed in OV 12)
8
12
Works of Art by Others, 1880-1881, undated
(Oversized items housed in Box 9)
8
13
Glass Artifact
From Box 8, folder 7-8
21
Oversized Photographs (Items scanned with Box 7 f4, 8, 17, 25, 32 and 34; Box 8 f6 and 10)
9
Oversized Photographs (Items scanned with Box 7 f14, 20 and 29; Box 8 f7, 12 and 13)
OV 12
Glass Plate Negatives
5 Glass negatives
MGP 5
Glass Plate Negative
1 Glass negative
MGP 6

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