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Nast, Stone, Needles and Comfort family photograph albums.
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Title:
Nast, Stone, Needles and Comfort family photograph albumsCreator/Contributor:
Nast, John E.Creator/Contributor:
Needles, John T.Creator/Contributor:
Stone, J. G.Creator/Contributor:
Canova StudioCreator/Contributor:
Stone & NeedlesCreator/Contributor:
Needles & NastAbstract:
Albums contain mounted cabinet card and carte de visite portrait photographs of members of the Nast, Stone, Needles and Comfort
families of Missouri, Colorado and California. Volume 1 chiefly includes portraits of Stone and Nast family members, many
of them by photographer John E. Nast. Volume 2 includes portraits of Stone, Needles, Nast and Comfort family members. Among
the individuals depicted in the albums are photographer John E. Nast, his wife Benjean (Jeannie) Stone Nast, Pauline J. Nast,
Ernest Nast, Martha Nast, Amelia Nast Hilker, Gustin Stone, George Stone, Carl Stone, Kathy Stone, Reverend Benjamin Lamber
Stone, Paulina Temperance Webster Stone, photographer John T. Needles, Walter Needles, Sylvia Stone Needles, Daisy Needles,
Olin Comfort, Frank Comfort, Gus Comfort and Belle Stone Comfort. Oversize folder includes, among other items, a portrait
of John E. Nast and 2 portraits of his brother, political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
Date:
approximately 1865.-ca. 1915 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Nast, Thomas -- 1840-1902 -- Portraits
Nast family -- Portraits
Stone family -- Portraits
Needles family -- Portraits
Comfort family -- Portraits
Comfort family
Nast, Thomas -- 1840-1902
Needles family
Stone family
Note:
Photographers include John E. Nast (Alameda and San Francisco), John T. Needles (St. Joseph, Missouri), J.G. Stone (St. Joseph,
Missouri), Canova Studio (Alameda), Stone & Needles (Pueblo, Colorado), and Needles & Nast (Pueblo, Colorado).
Title devised by cataloger.
Purchase; From Neal Austinson; 2010.
Type:
graphicPortraits.
Photograph albums.
Cartes de visite.
Physical Description:
photoprint
2 albums and 1 oversize folder (approximately 80 photographic prints) : chiefly albumen ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller
Language:
English