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Alex P. Gaines photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS18
Scope and Content

This collection consists or unidentified subjects. Some sitters appear in more than one image, but there is no known family history associated with the collection.

Dates: 1840-1870, undated

Cohen family photograph

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS11
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a tintype portrait encased in a gutta-percha case that is round and screws shut.

Dates: approximately 1860

Dr. Benjamin F. Bomar photograph

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS12
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a tintype portrait of Dr. Benjamin F. Bomar. The age of the sitter and unsophisticated manufacture of the case box indicate a post-Civil War date.

Dates: approximately 1865-1868

Elijah H. Mixon family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS23
Scope and Content

This collection documents two generations of the Elijah H. Mixon family of Oxford, Georgia. The collection provides insight into the artisan class of 19th century Georgia.

Dates: approximately 1850-1870

Harvey Dan Abrams photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS19
Scope and Content

This collection consists of three unrelated images.

Dates: 1850-1880, undated

Kirkpatrick and Dorsey families photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS27
Scope and Content

This collection consists of identified and unidentified portraits of Kirkpatrick and Dorsey family members.

Dates: 1850-1900, undated

Powell family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS8
Scope and Content

This collection contains fifteen images documenting three generations of the Powell family. George T. Powell and Ned T. Powell are also represented. The carte-de-visite and cabinet cards were produced by C. W. Motes and Kuhns, both post-Civil War Atlanta photographers.

Dates: approximately 1845-1955

Robert Kellam photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS16
Scope and Content

This collection consists of seven portraits of identified and unidentified individuals.

Dates: 1850s-1860s

Turner and Bevan family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS7
Scope and Content

The collection consists of cased images of unidentified individuals. Of particular interest are a daguerrotype of a daguerrotype; an image of a Union officer posed in front of an American flag; and a full-length post-mortem image of a child.

Dates: approximately 1850-1890