Jones (Sophia B.) Family Photographs, 1868-1881

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Summary

Title:
Sophia B. Jones Family Photographs
Dates:
1868-1881
Creators:
Abstract:
Extent:
1/2 photo box
Language:
Preferred citation:

Sophia B. Jones Family Photographs. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

13 items. Cartes de visite and three tintypes, 1868-1881, undated. Sophia Bethany Jones was one of the daughters of James Monroe Jones and Emily Jones, an African Canadian family. Images include Sophia, her parents, and her siblings. Photographs were taken at studios in Chatham, Ontario, Canada; Oberlin, Ohio; and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Several unidentified images.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
African Americans
Africans--Canada
Canadians
Places:
Canada

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:
1868-1881
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Sophia B. Jones Family Photographs. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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