Wednesday, July 22, 2015

19th Century Connecticut Album of Carte de Visite Photographs



19th century album of 49 carte de visite photographs and one tintype. 48 of the CDVs were produced by Connecticut studios; the other, of William Clark Young, was produced by the Ingraham Brothers studio of Northampton, Massachusetts.

The album measures approximately 5-3/4" by 5" y 2+". 20 of the photographs have identification written on the reverse and repeated on the pages in which they are slotted. An alphabetical list of those identified and a list of the unidentified photographs, together with any studio markings, appear at the end of this post. Sadly, the index page is blank.

Three of the CDVs have stamps on the reverse, a 3-cent stamp and two 2-cent stamps.

The oldest identified people in the album are William Clark Young and his wife Mehitable Utley (Swift) Young. The album contains two photographs of William.


From brief online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions requested]

Capt. William Clark Young, Jr., was born August 28, 1803 at Lisbon, Connecticut, the son of William Clark Young and Anna Nancy (Crane) Young. Mehitable Utley Swift was born March 19, 1807 at Warren, New York, the daughter of Ira and Sarah (Robinson) Swift. Mehitable died in 1881 and Capt. Young in 1892.

 Two CDVs may show Elisha Morgan Allen and his son Elisha Hubert Allen, though the latter was identified as Herbert, and the former was identified only on the page holding the CDV, not on the CDV itself, which would be more reassuring.





















If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the people identified in the album, please leave a comment or contact me directly.


Surnames in the Album

?FFullerSSpalding
AAlexanderGGaylordTTefft
Allen [2]HHitchcock [2]WWells
BBabcockLLamontWilliams
BeachPParker [2]Wright
YYoung [3]

Identified People
  • CDV of unknown man who wrote "Kind regards of *: on the reverse ; taken by Burrows & Bundy of 136 Main Street, Middletown 
  • John Alexander, Jr; CDV taken by G. N. Granniss of Waterbury, Connecticut 
  • Herbert Allen, son of Elisha Allen; CDV taken by W. H. Jennings of Norwich, Connecticut. Presumably Elisha Hubert Allen, son of Elisha Morgan Allen 
  • Elisha Allen; CDV taken by G. N. Granniss of Waterbury, Connecticut; presumably Elisha Morgan Allen 
  • Florence Babcock; tintype 
  • Frances Hitchcock Beach; CDV taken by F. Wheeler of West Meriden, Connecticut 
  • Maria Fuller; CDV taken by Prescott & White, 368 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Charles Gaylord; CDV taken by Bundy & Williams of 314-326 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut. Two cent stamp on the reverse. 
  • Irving Hitchcock; CDV taken by G. N.Granniss of Waterbury, Connecticut 
  • Irving Hitchcock; CDV taken by G. N. Granniss of Exchange Place, Waterbury, Connecticut 
  • Walter Lamont; CDV taken by G. N. Granniss of Exchange Place, Waterbury, Connecticut 
  • Emma Parker; CDV taken by Kellogg Brothers, 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • John Parker or John ?; CDV taken by E. P. Kellogg of 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Frank Spalding; CDV taken by S. Parmelee of Windsor Locks, Connecticut 
  • Virginia Tefft; CDV taken by E. P. Kellogg of 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Sister of Charles Wells; CDV taken by Kellogg Brothers of 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Giles Williams; CDV taken by W. H. Jennings of the Corner of Main and Shetucket Streets, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • Rose Wright; CDV taken by Cowells studio of 303 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Mrs. Mehitable Young, wife of William Clark Young; CDV taken by W. A. Beers of 242 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, est. 1850 
  • William Clark Young; CDV taken by Charles Homan of 340 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • William C. Young; CDV taken by Ingraham Brothers of Northampton, Massachusetts. Presumably the William Clark Young identified in another CDV. 
Unidentified People - Some people appear to resemble others
  • CDV of a young man taken by William Delius studio of Waterbury, Connecticut 
  • CDV of a young man; taken by the L. Thompson Studio of 12 Shetucket Street, Norwich, Connecticut; has a 3 cent stamp on reverse 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the R. S. Delamater studio of 258 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; taken by W. H. Jennings studio of the corner of Main and Shetucket Streets, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young woman; taken by W. H. Jennings studio of the corner of Main and Shetucket Streets, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the B. Sprague studio of 329 Chapel Street of New Haven, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; taken by the W. H. Jennings studio of the corner of Main and Shetucket Streets, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an elderly man; taken by the studio of L. Thompson, 12 Shetucket Street, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the Davis studio of 245 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young woman; taken by the studio of Bundy & Williams of 314 & 326 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the studio of George B. Spencer of Naugatuck, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; taken by the Thompson studio of 12 Shetucket Street, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of a young man; taken by the Filley & Gilbert studio of 337 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the Thompson studio of 12 Shetucket Street, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young woman; taken by the studio of W. H. Jennings of the corner of Main and Shetucket Streets, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; taken by Terry's Gallery of Bristol, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified middle-aged woman; taken by the W. H. Jennings studio, Corner of Main and Shetucket Streets, Norwich, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the E. P. Kellogg studio of 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; taken by Prescott & White of 368 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified elderly man; taken by E. F. Ely, Rockville, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the studio of D. W. Wilson of 245 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of a woman and young boy; taken by M. Moulthrop studio at the Phoenix Building, 298 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified young woman; taken by the studio of J. L. Judd of Litchfield, Connecticut. Two cent stamp on reverse. 
  • CDV of an unidentified young man; taken by the S. Bigelow studio of Collinsville, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; no studio marking 
  • CDV of an unidentified woman; taken by W. Hunt of 332 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by the Kellogg Brothers studio of 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by E. P. Kellogg of 279 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • CDV of an unidentified man; taken by R. S. Delamater, 258 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 

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