Crombie family photographs, [ca. 1860-1900].

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Crombie family photographs, [ca. 1860-1900].

Sixteen photographs of members of the Crombie family and various friends, taken ca. 1860-1900. Subjects include Frank Henry Crombie, Harriet Hinds Crombie, Helen Crombie, Henry Ward Crombie, and Sarah Crombie, among others. There is also one photograph of the Coliseum in Boston, Mass. The photographs were taken by John A. Heard, Elmer Chickering, and the Notman Photograph Company of Boston, Mass., among many others. The collection includes cabinet cards and cartes de visite.

16 photographs in 1 narrow box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7638657

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Crombie, Helen.

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Crombie, Sarah

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Heard, John A.,

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Crombie, Frank Henry

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Notman Photograph Company (Boston, Mass.),

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Chickering, Elmer

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Alize Espiridiona Cenda del Castillo was a 26 inch-tall dwarf, who was born in 1869 either in Cuba or Mexico, and died in 1928, 1939 or 1945 (sources disagree). She was a vaudeville artist who traveled in side or freak shows across the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was also known as "Chiquita", "The living doll", "The Cuban atom," "Mrs. Anthony C. Woeckner," and "Alice Zenda." She first came to the United States with Frank Charles Bostock (1866-1912), the anima...

Crombie, Harriet Hinds, b. 1828.

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Crombie, Henry

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