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Group of Five Photograph Albums Kept by an unidentified Rhode Island Family, containing Interior and Exterior Views, Documenting the Life of this Upper Middle-Class Family, mainly Cyanotypes, 1899-1900
The collection contains 254 photographs, mainly cyanotypes, housed in five identical contemporary oblong octavo, photograph albums, bound in ¾ pebbled red and brown cloth, images mounted on card stock leaves, some wear and rubbing to binding, several shaken, some leaves loose, else very good.
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The family is unidentified, and the locations of most of the photographs are not identified either, however, it appears that the family lived in Rhode Island as there are images of North Kingston, Providence, and Newport, among other coastal locations, as well as Boston and nearby towns in Massachusetts. The family also traveled to Danville, Vermont, and Montclair, New Jersey, and there are images from both locales.
There are both
exterior and interior views of their “shingle style” home. One of the family members appears to have been
a member of the Rhode Island National Guard, as there are images of him in
uniform and at various firing ranges in Rhode Island. There are images of
coastal towns and villages, hotels, sailboats.
A visual record
of American domestic life at the time, including, images of family members in
“black face”.
