[bust portrait of William Whittemore Low, Jr.].
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- Title
- [bust portrait of William Whittemore Low, Jr.].
- Date
- [between ca. 1850 and ca. 1960]
- Notes
- Photo Div C.3 .Whittemore-Low papers.12. Bust portrait of William Whittemore Low, Jr.
- Photographer: Fr. Kirkler (Clausthal, Germany).
- Handwritten note on verso in what appears to be Portugese, "A minha querida Maria Luiza do [?] Bill."
- Collection includes photographic prints from the 19th and 20th centuries. Nineteenth century photographs are studio portraits, with subjects including William Whittemore-Low Jr., Julie Fowler Parmelee, Lewis C. Parmelee; Henry L. Peck; Henry Wentworth Low. Ten of the studio portraits were taken in Lisbon, Portugal; 7 were taken in Germany, and 2 of Henry L. Peck were taken in Nagasaki, Japan. One item of particular interest is a 1861 photo by the Mathew Brady studio of 7 Union soldiers gathered at the entrance of a camp tent with sign "Sumpter House." Ms. note on verso: "Sumter House," Camp Cameron, 7th Regiment, N.Y. May, 1861." One of the men pictured is Lewis C. Parmelee (1838-1862). Twentieth century prints include reproductions of earlier portraits, shipboard travel, and vacation scenes at unnamed locales.
- Photographers include: Burwell & Homan (New Haven, Conn.); Charles Claflin (Worcester, Mass.); Warren's (New Haven, Conn.); O.N. Hull (New Haven); H. Ruick (Norwalk, Conn.).
- Names and Subjects
- United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1863)
- Photographs shelf.
- Whittemore-Low Family Papers.
- Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
- Military camps--1860-1870.
- Men.
- Women.
- Travel.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Claflin, C. R. B.--(Charles R. B.),--1817-1897,--photographer.
- Brady, Mathew,--approximately 1823-1896,--photographer.
- ID
- 8052
- Barcode
- B6496252
- Physical Description
- ca. 85 photographic prints, most on mounts ; mounts 10.4 x 6.4 cm (carte de visite format) or smaller.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2019-05-06 16:50:16
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 4291 x 2635
- File Size
- 437 KB
- Record
- 8052
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"[bust portrait of William Whittemore Low, Jr.].". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-8052/wcl008118. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 21, 2024.