Ward-Perry-Dexter photographs, ca. 1858-1955; bulk: 1858-1882.

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Ward-Perry-Dexter photographs, ca. 1858-1955; bulk: 1858-1882.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61482481

Photographs of the related Ward, Perry, and Dexter families, taken ca. 1858-1955. The majority of the photographs are portraits of various family members and friends, most of which are unidentified and were taken ca. 1858-1882. Among those identified are Amanda Atherton Ward; Catherine Dexter Ward Perry and her husband William Cabot Gorham Perry; their daughter-in-law Elinor Woodbury Seymour Perry; and various other members of the related Atherton family, among others. There are also a number of portraits of Civil War soldiers, as well as graphics of Artemus Ward (1762-1847), Samuel Dexter (1726-1810), and Catherine Maria Dexter Ward. The collection also contains three views of the interior and exteriors of unidentified Massachusetts houses. There are many Massachusetts photographers represented in this collection, including James Wallace Black, Samuel Masury, Mrs. H. F. Stuart, John Adams Whipple, and Silsbee, Case, & Co., all of Boston, Mass. Includes carte de visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes.

174 photographs in 1 box and 1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7806488

Massachusetts Historical Society

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There are 16 Entities related to this resource.

Silsbee, Case & Co. (Boston, Mass.),

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Perry, William Cabot Gorham.

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Dexter, Samuel, 1726-1810

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Ward, Catherine Maria Dexter, 1760-1818

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Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

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Served with the New England Women's Auxiliary Association of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1866; Freedmen's Aid Society, 1866-1873; founded the New England Women's Club, 1868; Boston School Committee representative, 1875-1878; member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1879-1888; president of the Massachusetts School Sufrrage Association, 1880-1888; member and president of the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women, 1880-1886; and member of the Association...

Perry, Catherine Dexter Ward, 1847-1924

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Ward, Amanda Atherton, b. 1810

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Masury, Samuel,

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Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896

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Illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of F.O.C. Darley [graphic] / J.W. Black. [ca. 1870] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220203675 ...

Dexter family

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Ward, Artemas, 1762-1847

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts and jurist. From the description of Artemas Ward correspondence, 1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981307 ...

Atherton family

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Perry, Elinor Woodbury Seymour, b. 1875

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Perry family

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Ward family

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Stuart, H. F., Mrs.

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