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Family History
CA ETRC P143-005-D013 · File · ([183-?]-1993)
Part of Dorothy Dutton fonds

The file contains source material and personal notes on Dorothy Dutton's family history, including information on Charles Ready, John Ready, Isabel Vial and Francis Hincks.

The file is composed of correspondences, newspaper clippings, certificate of marriage and burial, photographs and 1 slide.

Cookshire
CA CCHMS CCM001-S001-SS02-F003 · File · [184-?]-[1918]
Part of CCHMS Graphic Material Collection

The file consists of material on the buildings in Cookshire. It contains three postcards, three photographs, and one textual record.

Buildings
CA CCHMS CCM001-S001-SS02 · Sub-series · [184-?]-[2005]
Part of CCHMS Graphic Material Collection

The sub-series consists of material on commercial and residential buildings in Compton County. It contains the following files: Martinville [189-?], Sawyerville [188-?]-[1937], Cookshire [184-?]-[1918], Bulwer [188-]-[193-], Eaton Corner [2005], Unknown location [188-?], La Patrie [190-?]-[1906], Scotstown [187-]. The sub-series includes nine photographs, nine postcards, one textual record, and one painting.

Boright family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS416 · Fonds · [185?]-1985

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Boright family. The fonds consists of Boright family papers and an interesting collection of photographs, some of them dating back to the 1850's.

Family photographs
CA BCHS BCHS416-S2-SS2-D1 · File · [185?]-1942
Part of Boright family fonds

The file contains loose photographs of Boright family members, mostly from John Orlando Boright (1830-1896) and his wife Rachel Rebecca Gillen (1848-1943), and George Walter Boright II (1803-1881) and his wife Ruth Spencer (1802-1849).

Frosst family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS583 · Fonds · [185?-189?]

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Frosst family.

Unknown man
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P13 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of an unknow man with a moustache and mutton chops by unknown photographer.

CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P16 · Item · 185?-186?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Photograph of the "Marriage of General Tom Thumb" by Matthew B. Brady, New York. In the photograph you can see Charles Stratton, Lavinia Warren, Minnie Warren and George Washington Morris Nutt, all posing in studio decor. They were all entertainers for P.T. Barnum. Charles Stratton (1838-1883), known as General Tom Thumb, eventually married Lavinia Warren in 1863. There is a postage stamp at the back as well as "With compliments" signatures from all four persons.

"The Lilliputian Card Party"
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P17 · Item · 185?-186?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Photograph of the "Lilliputian Card Party" by Matthew B. Brady, New York. In the photograph you can see Charles Stratton, Lavinia Warren, Minnie Warren and George Washington Morris Nutt, all posing in studio decor, playing cards around a table. They were all entertainers for P.T. Barnum. Charles Stratton (1838-1883), known as General Tom Thumb, eventually married Lavinia Warren in 1863. There is a postage stamp at the back as well as "With compliments" signatures from all four persons.

Unknown woman
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P25 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of an unknown woman by H.G. smith, Studio Building, Boston.

CA BCHS BCHS976-S2-SS1-D1 · File · [185?-189?]
Part of Taber family fonds

The file contains 36 photographs from the Bedee Taber family album. Many of them were taken by Eli Hoskins Taber, who had a studio photo in Montreal with his older brother Abner Bedee Taber until 1866. He later moved his studio in Waterloo. Her daughter Caroline Annie (Carrie) Taber married Walter Byron Neill and the family moved West of Canada, along with Carrie's widowed mother Marian Ellen Hall.

Unknown Man
CA BCHS BCHS976-S2-SS1-D1-P04 · Item · [185?-186?]
Part of Taber family fonds

Portrait of an unknown man with drawn on [?] moustache, taken by E.H. Taber, Star Photograph Gallery, 210 Notre Dame Street, Montreal].

Unknown man w/ moustache
CA BCHS BCHS757-S2-SS1-D1-P31 · Item · [185?-189?]
Part of McLaughlin Family Fonds

Portrait of an unknown man with a moustache, dressed fancy, by Brands Studios, 210 & 212 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.

Loose Photographs
CA BCHS BCHS416-S2-SS2 · Sub-series · [185?]-1942
Part of Boright family fonds

The sub-series consists of loose photographs from different Boright families.

Richard Gillen
CA BCHS BCHS416-S2-SS2-D1-P31 · Item · [185?-186?]
Part of Boright family fonds

Portrait of Richard Gillen, brother of Mrs. Orlando Boright, mother of Miss Bernice Boright.

Frosst Family Album 2
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2 · File · [185?-188?]
Part of Frosst family fonds

This file consists of the Frosst family album 2. The album showcases cartes de visite by famous Civil War era American photographers.

Unknown woman
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P01 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of an unknown woman by J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.

Unknown woman
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P03 · Item · 185?-188?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Side portrait of an unknown woman by J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.

Unknown child
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P05 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of an unknown child (wearing a wig?) by H.G. Smith, Studio Building, Boston.

Unknown man w/ beard
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P06 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of an unknown man with a Lincoln-like beard by Southworth & Hawes, 19 Tremont row, Boston.

Unknown young woman
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P07 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of an unknown young woman by Southworth & Hawes, 19 Tremont Row, Boston.

Samuel Bass (?)
CA BCHS BCHS583-S2-SS1-D2-P08 · Item · 185?-187?
Part of Frosst family fonds

Portrait of Samuel Bass (?) [perhaps his son?] seated in studio decor by J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.