Ambrotypes
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Alex P. Gaines photograph collection
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.
Clyde Pruitt photograph collection
This collection consists of unidentified portraits. One female subject appears in three of the images.
Elijah H. Mixon family photographs
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.
Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families photographs
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.
Harvey Dan Abrams photograph collection
This collection consists of three unrelated images.
Judge and Mrs. Charles W. Smith visual arts collection
This collection consists of four images: one ambrotype of Judge Charles Whiteford Smith and one ambrotype of Fannie Hurt Wright, both as very young children. There is also a charcoal drawing of each ambrotype.
Kate Thompson photograph collection
This collection documents the lives of several members of the Thompson, Glover, Meriwether, and Jordan families of Madison, Georgia. Also included are photographs of individuals, probably friends and family members, many of whom are unidentified. The remaining images document buildings and houses in middle Georgia and include a scrapbook documenting land auctions sponsored by the Bowman Land Company, based in Charleston, West Virginia.
Kirkpatrick and Dorsey families photographs
This collection consists of identified and unidentified portraits of Kirkpatrick and Dorsey family members.
Laura Thompson Chapman photograph
This collection consists of an ambrotype of Laura Thompson Chapman.
Luckie family photographs
This collection documents four generations of the Luckie family, very early members of Atlanta's free African American community.
Malone family photographs
This collection consists of two ambrotypes and one tintype believed to be family members of D. R. Malone and J. B. Malone.
Powell family photographs
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.
Robert Kellam photograph collection
This collection consists of seven portraits of identified and unidentified individuals.
Turner and Bevan family photographs
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.