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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

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

Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS29
Scope and Content

This collection consists of portraits of members of the Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families. The portrait of Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell (VIS 29.8) was produced by Marcus Aurelius Root (1808-1888), a well-known daguerreian, who worked primarily in Philadelphia and New York. Some of the albumen cards were produced by Linnie Condon, a late nineteenth century female photographer working in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: approximately 1850-1880, undated

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

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