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Tintypes

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham L. Brick papers

 Collection
Identifier: L539
Scope and Contents This collection includes typed, autographed correspondence from Abraham L. Brick and others in Indiana and Washington, D.C. from 1850 to 1950, regarding personal and business matters; invitations to social events ranging from 1884 to 1901 regarding presidential and congressional events; photographs and tintypes of family, public events and places, including the Panama Canal, from 1866 to 1907 and undated; scrapbooks, diaries, and expense accounts.
Dates: 1850-1950

Aurelius M. Willoughby collection

 Collection
Identifier: L303
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Aurelius Willoughby's Civil War diaries ranging from 1861 to 1865. Also included are discharge papers, memorabilia, and personal business papers dating from 1864 to 1917 and a manuscript history of Company H. 39th Indiana with photographs, circa 1910. The collection also includes 2 tintypes of Aurelius Willoughby, 32 cartes-de-visite depicting landmarks in Washington D.C., Georgia, and Niagra Falls, in addition to two portraits of Confederate General T. R. R. Cobb and...
Dates: 1861-1950

Bartel and Schuck family photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP020
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photographs originally from 2 photograph albums of the Bartel and Schuck families in the 19th century. Although many of the images are undated and unidentified, included was an envelope addressed to Harry and his mother, Mary Bartel. Also included is a calling card for Mary, clippings, advertising cards, and a photographic postcard. Many of the photographs are stamped from studios in Indianapolis, Indiana and Auglaize County, Ohio. Most of the photographs are...
Dates: circa 1860-circa 1900

Beatrice J. Johnston collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2463
Scope and Contents This collection includes family correspondence, a birth announcement from the Johnston family, an early report card for the 1884 school year from a school in Rushville, Indiana for Bertha Moore, and an oversize photograph from Bertha Moore on New Year's Day 1902 (B079). Collection dates range from 1816 to 1908.There are also 17 tintypes, including Miss Susie Best of Fairfield, Indiana, Bertha B. Moore Johnston, William R. Moore, C. T. Turner, and 13 unidentified portraits....
Dates: circa 1860-1908

Brayton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L411
Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of personal correspondence of the Springer and Brayton families from 1842 to 1940. Included are William Springer’s letters to his wife while serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Also included is the personal correspondence of the John Brayton family and related families in Warren County, New York and Washington, Indiana. There are also a significant amount of papers on Margaret Brayton (1895-1986) of Muncie, Indiana. Papers...
Dates: 1820-1969

Bromwell and Wright family photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP016
Scope and Contents This collection includes tintype and carte-de-visite photographs from the Bromwell and Wright family in Indiana, Fairfield, Iowa, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Louisville, Kentucky, ranging from circa 1860 to 1900 regarding family members and friends of all ages.
Dates: circa 1860-1900

Brown family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L020
Scope and Contents This collection contains Lyndsay Brown’s papers from the Indianapolis High School Alumni Association, his account of the Ohio River flood in 1937, and information from The Old Seminary Boys Group. Also included are papers of Ignatius Brown regarding road construction in the Pleasant Run area of Indianapolis circa 1898; and Hiram Brown's papers on water wheels and mills in Indianapolis. There is also an Alumni Society of the Indianapolis High School record book with entries ranging...
Dates: 1824-1939

Carlock family photographs

 Collection — Folder SP058
Identifier: SP058
Scope and Contents This collection includes 7 photographs from the Carlock family in North Manchester and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1897 to 1905 regarding Daniel Carlock as a child and teenager posing and playing outside in goat-drawn carts and on bicycles and his father, Willis Carlock.
Dates: circa 1897-1905

Francis M. Shearer collection

 Collection
Identifier: L313
Scope and Contents This collection contains legal documents, personal papers, receipts, genealogical information and photographs from the Shearer, Marshall, and English families, ranging from 1829 to 1974. The legal documents include warranty deeds, quitclaim deeds, and an abstract of title for property John and William Marion Shearer obtained in Indianapolis and Marion County. Other documents include Michael Shearer's tax receipts, a copy of his 1829 land grant, and copies of the wills of John Shearer and...
Dates: 1829-1974, undated

Harper family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L090
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, receipts, photographs, and other papers of the Harper family ranging from 1827 to 1942. A prayer book carried by John Harper during the U.S. Civil War is included in the collection. There are also newspaper clipping and family history notes which include information such as death dates of family members.

There are also two folders of oversized correspondence and indentures ranging from 1837 to 1858 (OB071).
Dates: 1827-1942