This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Summary
This is an artificial collection of cased photographs assembled by the Nantucket Historical Association containing 280 images of individuals, couples, and groups seated or standing for portraits, circa 1845-1875.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- PH169
- Title:
- Cased Photographs Collection
- Date(s):
- circa 1845-1875
- Creator:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: The items in this collection are extremely fragile due to their age, the materials used to make them, and the fact that they are all unique originals. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes have no equivalent of a negative and cannot be physically reproduced. Researchers may be presented with a digital copy instead of original materials if the Library Director has determined the original should not be handled.
Restrictions to Use: No image in this collection may be reproduced without the permission and consent of the Nantucket Historical Association.
Copyright Notice: These items are not covered by copyright and are in the public domain.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Cased Photograph Collection (PH169), year image was made [when known], Nantucket Historical Association.
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Subject Headings
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Geographic Name
- Nantucket (Mass.)—Photographs.
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Topical Term
- Families—Massachusetts—Photographs.
- Portrait photography—Massachusetts—Nineteenth century.
- Women—Massachusetts—Nantucket—Nineteenth century—Photographs.
- Children—Massachusetts—Photographs.
- Ship captains—Massachusetts—Nantucket—Photographs.
Biographical Information
This is an artificial collection of cased photographs assembled by the Nantucket Historical Association. In some instances, the NHA gathers materials off a single form to preserve them and make them available. In these cases, the NHA is seen as the creator of the artificially constructed collection.
Materials in the collection originate both from donors and from the Nantucket Historical Association’s archives.
Scope and Content
This collection contains 280 images of individuals, couples, and groups seated or standing for portraits, circa 1845-1875. Individuals appearing in the images have been identified whenever possible. Known individuals are listed as subject access points. The materials came from various donors. Formats include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes.
Contents
C1 Lydia W. Swift Folger (1821-1890) (portrait), circa 1855
C2 Joseph Chase, Jun., (1845–1872), Howard Chase (1842–?), and James Beaucott Chase (1847–?) (portrait), circa 1858
C3 James Beaucott Chase (1847–?) and Howard Chase (1842–?) (portrait), circa 1860
C4 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1850
C5 Seth Mitchell Ackley (1845–1908) (portrait), circa 1850
C6 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C7 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C8 Charles Barnard (portrait), circa 1850
C9 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1850
C10 Thomas G. Barnard (1808–1882) (portrait), circa 1850
C11Susan P. Coffin Barrett (1829–1899) (portrait), circa 1860
C12 Elizabeth F. Bearse Folger (1854–1883) (portrait), circa 1870
C13 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1850
C14 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1860
C15 Lauriston Bunker (1849–1934) (portrait), circa 1860
C16 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C17 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C18 Andrew Brock (–1846) (portrait), before 1846
C19 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C20 Benjamin Butler (portrait), circa 1860
C21 Harriet G. Pinkham Calder (1826–1900) (portrait), circa 1845
C22 Joseph W. Clapp (1825–1909) (portrait), circa 1845
C23 William Calder (1790–1881) and Sally Coffin Wyer Calder (1791–1867) (portraits), circa 1850
C24 Sally Coffin Wyer Calder (1791–1867) (portrait), circa 1850
C25 “Uncle Osmond” (portrait), 1864
C26 Henry Plaskett Clapp (1837–1907) (portrait), circa 1860
C27 “Grandmother Clark” (portrait), circa 1860
C28 Walter Nelson Clapp (1839–1867) (portrait), circa 1860
C29 Richard S. Bates (1819–?) (portrait), circa 1845
C30 Alexander Mott Coffin (portrait), circa 1860
C31 Charles Myrick Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C32 Captain John Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C33 Delia Maria Hussey Coffin (1832–1912) (portrait), circa 1855
C34 Delia Maria Hussey Coffin (1832–1912) (portrait), circa 1855
C35 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C36 Martha (Mattie) Dunham Summerhayes (portrait), circa 1860
C37 Emmeline Coffin Gardner and unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C38 Gilbert Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C39 Mrs. Lydia R. Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C40 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C41 Marietta Coffin (1860–1887) (portrait), circa 1860
C42 Captain Thomas Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C43 Martha Coffin (portrait), circa 1860
C44 Dr. Coleman (portrait), circa 1860
C45 Phebe Coffin (portrait), circa 1860
C46 Paul Coffin (portrait), circa 1860
C47 Phebe Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C48 R.B. Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C49 Clarence U. Coffin (1850–1901) and Thomas A. Coffin Jr. (1845–1876) (portrait), circa 1855
C50 Charles Hadwen Crowley (portrait), circa 1855
C51 Charles Hadwen Crowley (portrait), circa 1855
C52 Sarah M. (Arnold) Crowley (portrait), circa 1855
C53 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1855
C54 Unidentified Dennis man (portrait), circa 1860
C55 Judith Jones Derrick (portrait), circa 1855
C56 Judith Jones Derrick (portrait, circa 1855
C57 Judith Jones Derrick (portrait), circa 1855
C58 Warden B.Dennis (portrait), circa 1860
C59 Lydia Bunker Dennis (portrait), circa 1860
C60 Judith Barnard Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C61 Charles Frederick Coffin (1809–1855) (portrait), circa 1855
C62 Miss Boyd (portrait), circa 1860
C63 Miss Boyd (portrait), circa 1860
C64 Margaret Heydon Folger (portrait), circa 1870
C65 Mary B. Folger (portrait), circa 1860
C66 William B. Gardner (portrait), circa 1855
C67 Captain Henry B. Folger (portrait), circa 1860
C68 Nellie Forman (portrait), circa 1855
C69 Annie W. Merrill Folger (portrait), circa 1860
C70 Walter Folger (portrait), circa 1855
C71 Sarah M. Arnold Crowley (1831–1898) (portrait), circa 1860
C72 Emily Gardner and Rebecca C. Hussey (portrait), circa 1860
C73 Frederick Gardner (portrait), circa 1855
C74 Elizabeth Crosby Gardner (portrait), circa 1855
C75 Edwin Gifford (portrait), circa 1860
C76 Nathaniel Barney Gardner (portrait), circa 1860
C77 Mrs. Josiah Gorham (portrait), circa 1860
C78 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C79 Phebe Folger Coleman (portrait), circa 1855
C80 Harriet Wood Hartshon (portrait), circa 1860
C81 Anna Wood Hill (portrait), circa 1860
C82 John Walker Hill (portrait), circa 1860
C83 Harriet Hartshorn (1832–1913), Charlotte Wood Hartshorn (1804–1859), and Mahitabel Fanning Wood (1782–1853) (portrait), circa 1845
C84 William R. Gardner (1822–1865) (portrait), circa 1860
C85 Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Gardner (portrait), circa 1850
C86 Captain Elisha H. Fisher (1807–1883) (portrait), circa 1850
C87 Louisa Drew Fisher (1810–1891) (portrait), circa 1850
C88 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gardner (portrait), circa 1860
C89 Sarah H. Folger Jones (1820–1850) (portrait), circa 1845
C90 Francis B. Folger (1813–1862) (portrait), circa 1860
C91 Hutchinson Family Singers (portrait), circa 1845
C92 William (1791–1862) and Eunice Hadwen (1799–1864) (portrait), circa 1850
C93 Captain David Thain (1801–1883) and Mary Thain (1803–1847) (portrait), circa 1845
C94 Mary Walker Wood Hill (portrait), circa 1850
C95 Lydia Austin Hosier (1788–1866) (portrait), circa 1860
C96 John Hadwen Hosier (1810–1889) (portrait), circa 1860
C97 George Hosier (portrait), circa 1860
C98 William Hosier (1817–1899) (portrait), circa 1855
C99 Mercelia Hill (portrait), circa 1855
C100 Mary Paddack Hosier (portrait), circa 1860
C101 Richard Hosier (portrait), circa 1860
C102 Captain John Hussey (portrait), circa 1860
C103 William Hussey Wood (portrait), circa 1855
C104 Captain Lewis B. Imbert (portrait), circa 1855
C105 Susan B. Kelley Imbert (portrait), circa 1855
C106 Charles Lawrence (portrait), circa 1860
C107 Miss Lawrence (portrait), circa 1860
C108 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1855
C109 Seymour L. Meade (portrait), circa 1860
C110 Mary Myrick Macy (portrait), circa 1855
C111 Albert Irving Wood Macy (portrait), circa 1855
C112 Annie W. Merrill (portrait), circa 1855
C113 Unidentified Mitchell (portrait), circa 1860
C114 Mitchell family (portrait), circa 1855
C115 Unidentified Mitchell (portrait), circa 1855
C116 Unidentified Mitchell (portrait), circa 1860
C117 Unidentified Mitchell (portrait), circa 1860
C118 David Mitchell (portrait), circa 1855
C119 David and Elisa Mitchell (portrait), circa 1855
C120 Frederick Mitchell (1794–1867) (portrait), circa 1870
C121 Edward Hussey Mitchell (portrait), circa 1860
C122 James Mitchell (portrait), circa 1855
C123 Seth Mitchell (1838–1865) (portrait), circa 1860
C124 Unidentified Mitchell (portrait), circa 1855
C125 Seth Mitchell (portrait), circa 1860
C126 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1860
C127 Captain Cromwell Morselander (portrait), circa 1860
C128 John Morrisey (portrait), circa 1860
C129 Howard Macy (portrait), circa 1855
C130 Charles Myrick (portrait), circa 1855
C131 Alexander Myrick (portrait), circa 1855
C132 Christopher Myrick (portrait), circa 1855
C133 Mary B. Myrick (portrait), circa 1855
C134 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myrick (portrait), circa 1860
C135 Lydia C. Joy Myrick (portrait), circa 1860
C136 Elisa Ann Ewer Morselander (portrait), circa 1855
C137 Mary E. and Ann Elisa Morselander (portrait), circa 1855
C138 Captain Thomas Nelson (portrait), circa 1855
C139 James C. Nichols (portrait), circa 1855
C140 Mary Coffin Nichols (portrait), circa 1860
C141 Captain Henry R. Plaskett (portrait), circa 1860
C142 Reuben and Rachel Paddack (portrait), circa 1860
C143 Reuben and Rachel Paddack (portrait), circa 1860
C144 Elizabeth H. Folger (portrait), circa 1860
C145 Elizabeth H. Folger Ray (portrait), circa 1860
C146 Obediah G. Smith (portrait), circa 1860
C147 Charles H. Starbuck (portrait), circa 1860
C148 Nancy Eldredge Smith and Sarah Elizabeth Smith (portrait), circa 1855
C150 Captain Charles E. Starbuck (portrait), circa 1855
C151 Eunice Swain (portrait), circa 1855
C152 Charlotte Plaskett Kelley (portrait), circa 1855
C153 Dr. Charles Ruggles (portrait), circa 1860
C154 Louisa C. Stratton (portrait), circa 1860
C155 Louise Stratton (portrait), circa 1855
C156 Anna Leora Hill Swain (portrait), circa 1860
C157 Elizabeth S. Young (1845-1886) (portrait), circa 1860
C158 Anna Lenora Hill Swain (portrait), circa 1860
C159 Lydia Sprague (portrait), circa 1855
C160 Gilbert and Herbert Swain (portrait), circa 1855-1875
C161 John G. Swain (portrait), circa 1855
C162 Samuel Grafton Swain (portrait), circa 1855
C163 Reverend Seth F. Swift (portrait), circa 1855
C164 Anna Taber Heuar (portrait), circa 1860
C165 Anna Taber Heuar and Mrs. Hannah Taber (portrait), circa 1875
C166 Hannah Coffin Taber (portrait), circa 1860
C167 George and Elizabeth Austin Taber (portrait), circa 1855
C168 Elizabeth Coffin Thomas (portrait), June 1852
C169 Alfred Thomas (portrait), June 1852
C170 Louisa Cobb Thompson (portrait), circa 1855
C171 Louisa Cobb Thompson (portrait), circa 1860
C172 Thomas Folger Mitchell (portrait), circa 1860
C173 Mary Gardner Wilson (portrait), circa 1855
C174 Charles K. Whitman (?-1852) (portrait), circa 1855
C175 Mary W. Vincent (portrait), circa 1855
C176 Mary W. Vincent (portrait), circa 1855
C177 Harriet Thompson Wyer (portrait), circa 1855
C178 B. D. Winslow (portrait), circa 1860
C179 Lydia Worth (portrait), circa 1860
C180 Mary Ann Morrow Winslow and John Winslow (portrait), circa 1855
C181 Charlotte Coffin Wyer (1824–1905) (portrait), circa 1855
C182 Captain James Wyer (portrait), circa 1855
C183 Reverend Alden B Whipple (portrait), circa 1860
C184 Mary Cartwright Whippey (portrait), circa 1860
C185 Ella Young Spencer (portrait), circa 1860
C186 Obed Smith and Sarah Elizabeth Smith Holdgate (portrait), circa 1855
C187 Emily Frances Smith, Mary Anna Smith, and Sarah Elizabeth Smith Holdgate (portrait), circa 1860
C188 Captain Paul West (portrait), circa 1860
C189 Captain Paul West (portrait), circa 1860
C190 Francis Barrett (portrait), circa 1855
C191 Mary Jane Coffin (1815–1896) (portrait), circa 1855
C192 Timothy Calder (1823–?) (portrait), circa 1855
C193 Etta Darrow (portrait), circa 1850
C194 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C195 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C196 Richard Bates (portrait), circa 1855
C197 Charles Brown (portrait), circa 1855
C198 Lieutenant Leander F. Alley (portrait), circa 1860
C199 Sally Comstock Coffin (1779–1864) (portrait), circa 1855
C200 Unidentified woman and child (portrait), circa 1860
C201 William H. Fish (1821–1880) (portrait), 11 March 1857
C202 Unidentified woman and child (portrait), circa 1855
C203 Unidentified woman and child (portrait), circa 1855
C204 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1855
C205 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1855
C206 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C207 Unidentified man and child, circa 1855
C208 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1855
C209 Unidentified group of four Quaker ladies (group portrait), circa 1860
C210 Unidentified man, woman, and child (portrait), circa 1860
C211 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C212 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C213 Unidentified man and woman (portrait), circa 1855
C214 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1855
C215 Number not in use
C216 Three unidentified men (portrait), circa 1855
C217 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C218 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C219 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C220 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C221 Unidentified man and woman (portrait), circa 1855
C222 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C223 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1860
C224 Group portrait of six women, 1855
C225 Main Street (Nantucket, Mass.), circa 1845
C226 Unidentified group (portrait), circa 1875
C227 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C228 Mary Abby Coffin (portrait), circa 1855
C229 Abigail Maria Churchill Standish (1832–1931) with John Newton Standish Jr. (1856–1931) (portrait), circa 1856
C230 Mary Abby Coffin Simpson and Mary Louise Simpson (portrait), 1858
C231 George Riddell Simpson (portrait), circa 1855
C232 Mary Abby Coffin Simpson and Mary Louise Simpson (portrait), circa 1860
C233 Nickerson and Standish family (group portrait), circa 1860
C234 Mrs. J.E. Norcross (portrait), circa 1875
C235 Richard Brown, Frank Howland Macy, Cromwell G. Macy, William C. Dunham, and George L. Carlisle (portrait), circa 1875
C236 Mrs. B.G. Coffin with Telemachus Bernard [Coffin] (portrait), circa 1860
C237 Anna Coggeshall Joy (portrait), circa 1860
C238 George F. Joy (portrait), circa 1860
C239 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C240 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C241 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C242 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C243 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C244 George Burgess (portrait), circa 1855
C245 Three unidentified women (portrait), circa 1855
C246 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1850
C247 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C248 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C249 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C250 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C251 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C252 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C253 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C254 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1860
C255 Unidentified woman and child (portrait), circa 1860
C256 Group of five women (portrait), circa 1855
C257 Two unidentified women (portrait), circa 1855
C258 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Easton and Mr. and Mrs. Hughes (portrait), circa 1855
C259 Group of eleven women (portrait), circa 1855
C260 Group on board a ship (portrait), circa 1855
C261 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1870
C262 Thomas Starbuck (portrait), circa 1855
C263 Thomas Starbuck (portrait), circa 1855
C264a Thomas Starbuck (1821–1858) (portrait), circa 1855
C264b Thomas Starbuck (1821–1858) (portrait), circa 1855
C265 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C266 Albert C. Macy (1819–1889) and Ellen H. Macy Coon (1844–?) (portrait), circa 1855
C267 Mary P. Eldridge Macy (1818–1888), Bradford C. Macy (1842–?), and Ellen H. Macy Coon (1844–?) (portrait), circa 1855
C268 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C269 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1855
C270 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1860
C271 Unidentified woman and man (portrait), circa 1860
C272 Isabel Arnold Dame (portrait), Nannie R. Wood (1847-1936) (portrait), unidentified woman (portrait), Mattie Hussey (portrait), Mary Carlisle (portrait), Maria Mackey (portrait), unidentified woman (portrait), Mary Whippey (portrait), Lottie Hussey (portrait), unidentified man (portrait), unidentified woman (portrait), unidentified child (portrait), Harry Dunham (portrait), unidentified man (portrait), group of seven unidentified women (portrait), Henry Pease Starbuck (portrait), circa 1875
C273–C277 Numbers not in use
C278 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C279 Two unidentified women (portrait), circa 1860
C280 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1855
C281 Helen Marshall (1851–1939) (portrait), circa 1860
C282 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1860
C283 Unidentified child (portrait), circa 1875
C284 Unidentified woman (portrait), circa 1860
C285 Unidentified man (portrait), circa 1875
C286 George W. Cushman (portrait), circa 1875
C287 Sarah Coffin (portrait), Margaret Coffin (portrait), and Eliza Coffin (portrait), circa 1875
C288 Eliza Coffin Cushman (portrait) and Marietta Cushman (portrait) and Harriette Cushman (portrait), circa 1875
Processing Information
Finding aid by Ashley Miller, January 2022.