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Family portraits from the John Francis Freeman papers [graphic]
BANC FILM 2082LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Family portraits from the John Francis Freeman papers

Creator/Contributor:

Freeman, John Francis, 1831-1892, creator

Abstract:

Collection primarily consists of portraits of the Freeman family and friends. Among those identified are E.J. Bennett, W.C. Bennett, Susan and Fred Colley, John Francis Freeman (many), Julius W. Tilson, Sarah Freeman, and many children. Gravestone of J.F. Freeman's mother is pictured as well as the house of James Colley in Nevada, Calif. (1867). Ephemera includes a few clippings and a piece of fabric identified as "part of Eliz's wedding dress."

Date:

ca. 1850-ca. 1910 (issued)

Subject:

Freeman family -- Pictorial works
Freeman, John Francis -- 1831-1892 -- Portraits
Children -- Photographs

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers unidentified.
Includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, photographic prints, tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cyanotypes, etc.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
CARTE DE VISITE ALBUMS: RESTRICTED. USE MICROFILM ONLY: Shelved as BANC FILM 2082. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Albums and selected portraits also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2082.
Freeman was an 1852 pioneer who settled first in Marysville and later in Gilroy, Calif.
Partial list of contents

Type:

graphic
Portraits.
Card photograph albums.
Cartes de visite.
Cabinet photographs.
Tintypes.
Daguerreotypes.
Ambrotypes.
Cyanotypes.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
4 albums (ca. 270 items), ca. 30 loose items and 7 cased photographs ; various sizes.
1 reel microfilm : negative (BNEG box 2188) and positive (BANC FILM 2082).

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC FILM 2082LOCAL

Origin:

United States

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
CARTE DE VISITE ALBUMS: RESTRICTED. USE MICROFILM ONLY: Shelved as BANC FILM 2082. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.

Related Item:

John Francis Freeman papers : Freeman, John Francis, : 1831-1892