Photography of families
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Metheny, Photographer, Glass Plate Negatives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4147
Scope and Contents
Includes 103 glass plate negatives documenting subjects from West Virginia circa 1890-1910. Subjects include "European peasant costumes" copied from a book, cats, dogs, graphs, furniture, industry, people and families, and outdoor recreation. Four boxes contain the original glass plate negatives while one box contains the sleeves that the negatives originated from, including identifying information where present. Digital copies are available.
Dates:
circa 1890-1910
Ralph Edwin “Ted” Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4042
Scope and Contents
Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes,...
Dates:
1848-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1950