Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection
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content: Bullard, ca. 1890s (Lexington, Mo.)
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content: Jeffres and Rogers, ca. 1890s, Baltimore, Md
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content: Jefferson, Virgie Williams, 1888-1986
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content: Russell, fl. 1890s (Baltimore, Md)
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content: Newman, A., ca. 1890s (Philadelphia)
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content: Wagner, fl. 1890s (Baltimore [Md.])
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content: W. Ashman's Photographic Art Studio, ca. 1890s, Baltimore
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content: Waller, A. E., -ca. 1890s (Laurel, Del.)
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content: Davis, ca. 1895 (Federalsburg, Md.)
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content: Baltimore Photo. Co., ca. 1890s Baltimore, Md
place: label: Place
content: Maryland -- 1890-1900
topic: label: Topic
content: Portraits -- Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Maryland
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Mary J. Burnett, (Mrs. William F.), 1988, May 24.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bullard, ca. 1890s (Lexington, Mo.)
label: Creator
content: Jeffres and Rogers, ca. 1890s, Baltimore, Md
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content: Jefferson, Virgie Williams, 1888-1986
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content: Russell, fl. 1890s (Baltimore, Md)
label: Creator
content: Newman, A., ca. 1890s (Philadelphia)
label: Creator
content: Wagner, fl. 1890s (Baltimore [Md.])
label: Creator
content: W. Ashman's Photographic Art Studio, ca. 1890s, Baltimore
label: Creator
content: Waller, A. E., -ca. 1890s (Laurel, Del.)
label: Creator
content: Davis, ca. 1895 (Federalsburg, Md.)
label: Creator
content: Baltimore Photo. Co., ca. 1890s Baltimore, Md
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content: Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection of family photographs from 1890s.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Virgie Adams Williams Jefferson was a schoolteacher, who was born on June 10, 1888, in Dorchester County, Maryland, to Mary Elizabeth Hackett Williams and William Spry Williams; she was their third child.  She graduated from Western Maryland College in 1909 and taught in a one room schoolhouse before her marriage.  She married Jerome Davis Jefferson on November 11, 1914, and died on May 3, 1986.  The donor of these photographs, Mrs. Mary J. Burnett, is the daughter of Virgie Williams Jefferson.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14 Photographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870s-1890s
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: These family photographs were in the collection of family members during the early twentieth century,
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0313
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Photographs
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content: Memorial cards
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content: Cabinet prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged numerically according to inventory.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1990.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Memorial cards -- 1890-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Cabinet prints -- 1870-1900 -- Maryland
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains thirteen items photoprints, including albumen cabinet prints, and a memorial card from about the 1890's.  The photographs are studio portraits, including six by Baltimore photographers.  These items were in the custody of various family members during the early twentieth century, then collected and identified by Mrs. Jefferson in 1964.  The identifications presumably are all in Mrs. Jefferson's handwriting.