Photographs, ca.1841.

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Photographs, ca.1841.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82091806

This collection contains five cased photographs, including three daguerreotypes and two ambrotypes, all of which are portraits. Two of the daguerreotypes are in a case together and are identified as Governor Joshua Lanier and his wife Sarah Ann. These two photographs are badly faded but still distinguishable and are believed to be among the first daguerreotypes ever taken in the Southeast. They were taken in Tuscaloosa, Ala., ca.1841, by Dr. William H. Harrington who worked with Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard. These two gentlemen started the first known southern photographic gallery in Tuscaloosa on 1841 Oct. 9. The third daguerreotype is in a case without a cover and is of an unidentified young man. The photograph itself is in good condition and clearly visible, it even appears to have some tint to the cheeks and lips. The two remaining photographs are ambrotypes that are unidentified, but which appear to be portraits of Sarah Ann Martin.

5 items (1 archives box).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 8276203

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Martin, Sarah Ann, d.1886.

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Martin family.

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Joshua Lanier Martin, the twelfth Governor of Ala., was born on 1799 Dec. 5 in Blount Co., Tenn. to Warner and Martha Martin. He moved to Ala. in 1819 where he completed his law studies, was admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Athens, Limestone Co. Between the years 1822-1828, with the exception of one year, Martin served as a State Legislator. Between the years of 1829 and 1845 he served in a variety of political positions. In 1845 Martin was elected Governor of Ala. ...

Martin, Joshua L. (Joshua Lanier), 1799-1856

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Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter.

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Harrington, William H.

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