Joseph M. Downing photograph album
Scope and Contents
This album contains 22 photographs. It starts with photographs of the Haverford College class of 1865: a group photo and individual portraits of the students with their names written in pencil. These students are: John Richardson Bringhurst, Edward Taylor Brown, James Anthony Chase, David Holder Nichols, Henry Williams Sharpless, George Smith Jr., Robery Barney Taber, Allen Clapp Thomas, Benjamin Augustus Vail, and Caleb Cresson Wistar (the other member of their class, Arthur Haviland, according to the catalog of Haverford matriculates in 1922, is not pictured in the group photograph nor in the portraits). Then there are portraits of infants and women (unidentified), an image of Haverford College, a group of men carrying guns, and a painting with farm animals in it.
Dates
- Creation: 1865
Creator
- Downing, Joseph Miller, 1846-1915 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Joseph Miller Downing was born in West Whiteland, Pennsylvania, in 1846. He entered Haverford in 1861, and graduated in 1865. He was a iron manufacturer. In 1880, he married Hannah Pennock Steele of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. They had two children, T.S. Downing and G.V. Downing. Downing died in Elsmere, Delaware, in 1915.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language
English
Overview
This album contains 22 photographs, including the Haverford College class of 1865, portraits of infants and women (unidentified), an image of Haverford College, a group of men carrying guns, and a painting with farm animals in it.
Acquisition
Acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Madison Arnold-Scerbo; completed May, 2018.
Subject
- Haverford College -- Students (Organization)
- Haverford College -- History -- 19th century (Organization)
- Title
- Joseph M. Downing photograph album, 1865
- Author
- Madison Arnold-Scerbo
- Date
- May, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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