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Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896,. Francis Parkman photographs, ca. 1840-1910.

Title: Francis Parkman photographs, ca. 1840-1910.

Photographs collected by historian Francis Parkman and his descendants, dating from ca. 1840-1910. Photograph albums contain portraits of various members of the Parkman, Cordner, and Coolidge families; cartes de visite collected by John Eliot Parkman, brother of Francis Parkman, that depict Civil War soldiers; and other cartes de visite collected by Francis Parkman that depict Native Americans, as well as American and European public figures. Loose photographs consist mainly of portrait photos of Francis Parkman, his daughters Grace Parkman Coffin and Katherine Scollay Parkman Coolidge, and various other family members, as well as some of Parkman's friends and colleagues. There are also a number of loose views of various places, including photos of Maine waterways and wilderness, taken by James C. Stoddard, ca. 1867-1876; views of wilderness and various cities in Canada; and photos of Francis Parkman's homes in Boston and Jamaica Plain, Mass. Other loose photographs consist of photographs of Native Americans and of Parkman's trip to the Batiscan River in Quebec with Charles Haight Farnham in 1886, as well as photographic reproductions of European artwork, among other subjects. Photographers include James Wallace Black and John Adams Whipple of Boston, Mass.; Benjamin Franklin Upton of St. Anthony, Minn.; Alexander Henderson and William Notman of Montreal; and Livernois & Bienvenu of Quebec, among many others. Includes tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, stereographs, and other paper-based photographs.

ArchivalResource: 665 photographs in 4 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 8 v.

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