Sargeant Memorial Collection Card Photograph Collection, 1887-1902 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

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Collection Overview

Title: Sargeant Memorial Collection Card Photograph Collection, 1887-1902

Predominant Dates:1892

ID: 007/MSS 0000-401

Primary Creator: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in original order.

Date Acquired: 11/24/2014

Subjects: Buildings, Girls--United States--Portraits, Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century, Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century, Portrait photography, Virginia--Social life and customs

Forms of Material: Card photographs (photographs), Cartes-de-visite (card photographs), Photographs, Portraits

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Includes 246 card photographs, mostly portraits, and also some topical subjects (such as building interiors). About 50 of the cards in this collection are annotated. Also includes cartes de visite, or visiting cards, that visitors would leave at a host's home or business.

Each card photograph in this collection is available digitally at: http://cdm15987.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15987coll3.

Collection Historical Note

Card photographs were a popular way to display the typically fragile photographic prints of the late 1800s and early 1900s. In them, the print is glued to a durable paper card which may carry information about the subject and the photo studio.

Subject/Index Terms

Buildings
Girls--United States--Portraits
Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century
Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Portrait photography
Virginia--Social life and customs

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Various

Preferred Citation: Sargeant Memorial Collection Card Photograph Collection, MSS 0000-401, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed December 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
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Box 1

Item 1: African American man, undated
Item 2: African American woman, undated
Item 3: African American man, undated
Item 4: Man, middle-aged (white), undated
Item 5: Young mother with two young children (white), undated
Item 6: Young man (white), undated
Item 7: Young mother with a baby (white); Mrs. Fergus Reid, undated
Item 8: Young mother with baby (white), undated
Item 9: Middle-aged white man W. W. H. (W. W. Houston)
Item 10: W. W. Houston, undated
Item 11: Older woman (white) W. W. Houston's mother, undated
Item 12: Young woman (white), undated
Item 13: Full body portrait of a baby girl, undated
Item 14: Baby in carriage, undated
Item 15: Middle-aged man (white), undated
Item 16: Young white girl, undated
Item 17: African American man maybe Frank Guy, undated
Item 18: Two baby girls Marguerite & Kathleen Adams, undated
Item 19: Head portrait of white male, undated
Item 20: T.W. Battle, Jr., 1892 July
Item 21: Head shot of young woman, undated
Item 22: Portrait of young woman, undated
Item 23: Portrait of white male, undated
Item 24: Dr. A.D. Barrett, undated
Item 25: Jno. P. Arthur, undated
Item 26: Young woman (Miss Em. Baker of Norfolk, VA), undated
Item 27: Young woman (Miss Em. Baker of Norfolk, VA), undated
Item 28: Baby boy Charles Wesley Jackson, Jr., 1897-1898
Item 29: Mother and baby son (3 mos. & 2 wks) Ralph Montagu Stuart Wortley, Junior Virginia Maria Schley Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, 1897 June 26
Item 30: Mother with baby son William Chamberlaine, undated
Item 31: Young girl, undated
Item 32: White woman seated, undated
Item 33: Mother with her baby, undated
Item 34: White male - head shot, undated
Item 35: Middle-aged white male, possibly a minister, undated
Item 36: Head shot of a young white man, undated
Item 37: Young African American woman (standing), undated
Item 38: Head shot of a young woman, undated
Item 39: Young man (white), undated
Item 40: Middle-aged African American man, undated
Item 41: Young African American man, undated
Item 42: Young white man, undated
Item 43: Middle-aged white male seated, undated
Item 44: Baby seated, undated
Item 45: Mrs. Fergus Reid and her baby, undated
Item 46: Young African American male
Item 47: Head shot of young African American woman, undated
Item 48: Mother with her baby, undated
Item 49: Mr. Fergus Reid (about teens to 20 years old), undated
Item 50: Three young African American children, undated
Item 51: Two very young African American children, undated
Item 52: Young woman, undated
Item 53: Mrs. G.H. Dawes, undated
Item 54: Young woman, undated
Item 55: Mrs. Fergus Reid with her baby, undated
Item 56: Young man, undated
Item 57: Young boy (Ralph Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Jr., 19 months old), 1898 October
Item 58: Young African American man, undated
Item 59: African American man and a young African American girl, undated
Item 60: Young African American man, undated
Item 61: Young African American woman, undated
Item 62: Young African American man, undated
Item 63: Young African American woman, undated
Item 64: Young African American girl, undated
Item 65: Young African American woman, undated
Item 66: Young African American man, "Thomas", 1897 August 24
Item 67: Young African American woman, portrait, undated
Item 68: Young woman, undated
Item 69: Young African American woman, undated
Item 70: Lizzie Barker, wife of Isaiah Barker, undated
Item 71: Isaiah Barker, husband of Lizzie Barker, undated
Item 72: Young white woman, undated
Item 73: Young white woman, undated
Item 74: Older white man, undated
Item 75: Young white man, undated

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