Lot of 8 photographs, highlighted by a studio portrait tintype, 2.25 x 3.5 in., of a middle-aged African American gentleman casually sitting with pipe in hand before a simple white backdrop, ca late 1860s-1870s. The subject wears a GAR badge on his vest as well as a long ribbon. Obtained together with collection of card-mounted photographs and letters identified to Edmund C. Whitney (1835-1897), 53rd Massachusetts Infantry. Additional photographs offered here range in size from 2.75 x 3.25 in. to 8.25 x 5 in., with many featuring African American children. Includes an elementary school class portrait credited on mount verso to A.E. Alden: Boston, Massachusetts, showing a group of predominantly white children arranged in three rows, some of whom are identified. Verso inscription identifies the lone African American student at lower right as the daughter of "John Brown - Grand Army Man - only colored family in Lex[ington], Lived on Forest St." It is possible that this refers to the GAR veteran pictured in the tintype offered here, whom may be John Henry Brown (ca 1840-?), a Maryland native who served with Co. G, 30th USCT Infantry, from September 1864 until December 1865. After the war, Brown worked as a laborer in Lexington, where he married Sarah Stamps in 1871. Census records indicate that their two nieces, Ella and Anna, lived with them for a while, and they had a daughter, Helen, born ca 1899. However, a large number of "John Browns" served with the US Colored Troops, making the subject's identity difficult to confirm. Also with a photograph of two women in white dresses seated beside a young man in a work apron, with "For Lincoln / Aug. '94" inscribed on verso, as well as an exterior view of a tastefully landscaped residence, with figures seated on lawn furniture, horseback, and a bicycle visible in the foreground. "Grampa George Franklin Smith is on the horse" written below image. Whitney's relationship to the subjects in these photographs, outside of documented residence in Lexington, Massachusetts remains unconfirmed. Condition: Tintype with small losses to upper and lower left corners. Top margin of tintype is slightly sticky - likely a result of previously being taped down in an album.
Lot of 8 photographs, highlighted by a studio portrait tintype, 2.25 x 3.5 in., of a middle-aged African American gentleman casually sitting with pipe in hand before a simple white backdrop, ca late 1860s-1870s. The subject wears a GAR badge on his vest as well as a long ribbon. Obtained together with collection of card-mounted photographs and letters identified to Edmund C. Whitney (1835-1897), 53rd Massachusetts Infantry. Additional photographs offered here range in size from 2.75 x 3.25 in. to 8.25 x 5 in., with many featuring African American children. Includes an elementary school class portrait credited on mount verso to A.E. Alden: Boston, Massachusetts, showing a group of predominantly white children arranged in three rows, some of whom are identified. Verso inscription identifies the lone African American student at lower right as the daughter of "John Brown - Grand Army Man - only colored family in Lex[ington], Lived on Forest St." It is possible that this refers to the GAR veteran pictured in the tintype offered here, whom may be John Henry Brown (ca 1840-?), a Maryland native who served with Co. G, 30th USCT Infantry, from September 1864 until December 1865. After the war, Brown worked as a laborer in Lexington, where he married Sarah Stamps in 1871. Census records indicate that their two nieces, Ella and Anna, lived with them for a while, and they had a daughter, Helen, born ca 1899. However, a large number of "John Browns" served with the US Colored Troops, making the subject's identity difficult to confirm. Also with a photograph of two women in white dresses seated beside a young man in a work apron, with "For Lincoln / Aug. '94" inscribed on verso, as well as an exterior view of a tastefully landscaped residence, with figures seated on lawn furniture, horseback, and a bicycle visible in the foreground. "Grampa George Franklin Smith is on the horse" written below image. Whitney's relationship to the subjects in these photographs, outside of documented residence in Lexington, Massachusetts remains unconfirmed. Condition: Tintype with small losses to upper and lower left corners. Top margin of tintype is slightly sticky - likely a result of previously being taped down in an album.
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