Portraits of Dr. Alonson B. Howard, circa 1860-1865, and Cynthia Coryell Edmunds Howard, 1870-1875

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Artifact Overview

Alonson Howard, Jr., a doctor practicing medicine in Tekonsha Township, Michigan, married his second wife, Cynthia Coryell Edmunds, in August 1858. Dr. Howard's first wife had passed away a year earlier. Cynthia became a caring stepmother to Alonson's two sons, and the couple would have four children of their own.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Ambrotype (Photograph)

Subject Date

circa 1860-circa 1875

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

62.168.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Brass (Alloy)
Glass (Material)
Thermoplastic

Technique

Ambrotype (Wet collodion process)
Tintype (Process)