Webster Family outside Their Farmhouse, Concord, Delaware County, Ohio, circa 1881
THF97629 / Webster Family outside Their Farmhouse, Concord, Delaware County, Ohio, circa 1881
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Artifact Overview
William and Corilla Webster and their children posed for the photographer in rural Delaware County, Ohio, about 1881. Photographers sometimes traveled with their equipment from farm to farm, offering their services to those wishing a portrait made in front the family home. It would be many years before cameras became convenient--and affordable--enough for most people to take their own photographs.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Tintype (Photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1881
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2012.103.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Marleen C. Tulas in Memory of Walter G. and Martha S. Rutherford.
Material
Collodion
Iron (Metal)
Technique
Direct positive processes
Japanning
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.375 in
Width: 8.625 in
Inscriptions
Note written on original tintype sleeve:
Tin type picture of this house - Walter's grand parents, mother, Aunt Belle and Uncle William, the Websters children's father
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