Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of portrait photographs taken in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most are albumen prints mounted on stiff board. This board is generally either stamped or embossed with the photographer's name and address. In the unusual instance that the individual(s) in the portraits can be identified, their names are handwritten on the board.The subject matter of these photographs varies greatly. In most cases, the portraits consist of an individual...