Alabama photographs collection-persons vertical file, [ca.1845- ].

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Alabama photographs collection-persons vertical file, [ca.1845- ].

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The photographs collection-persons vertical file consists of gelatin silver prints, albumen prints, and copyprints of Alabamians ranging from the obscure to the prominent. Some items may be photographs of painted portraits or engravings. In addition, images of non-Alabamians who may have played a part in Alabama history, e.g., Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, are included. The persons vertical file contains extensive groups of photographs of such people as Marie Bankhead Owen, Joseph Wheeler, Thomas McAdory Owen, and the Bankhead family. A large number of Alabama Governors are represented. One of the weaknesses of this file is the fact that it does not contain many images of recent participants in Alabama history. The majority of the images are from the middle and late 1800's to the early 1900's. Previously, these photographs were included in a picture collection which contained images of people, places and subjects arranged alpha-numerically. In the previous collections items were not specifically identified at the item level and included images that were not photographs.

13 cubic ft.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6758622

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk28nd (person)

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Bankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920

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Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920

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Bankhead family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb2fwb (family)

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

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Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Owen, Marie Bankhead, 1869-1958

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Marie Bankhead Owen, after the death of her husband Thomas McAdory Owen, became the Director of the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. She retired in 1953 and during her tenure she was instrumental in having the Archives building constructed (1939). From the description of Family photographs, [18--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122548623 ...