Alice later married George Legare, and Rebecca later married R. V. Howard. This photograph was taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Daguerreotype is 3.25 x 4.25 inches. Case has no design. From the Berry-Vasser-Gunter-Crommelin family papers.
The jewelry in this photograph was made from Jerusha's hair, which had been cut short when she had typhoid fever. In 1856 she married Dr. Hugh William Caffey. She was the daughter of Green Rives and the maternal grandmother of Samuel W. Catts....
An attached paper reads, "Theophilus Gilliam Fowler, Uniontown, Ala. and Fannie Terrell Fowler. Married in Uniontown, Ala. Jan. 20th 1859." The ambrotypes share a case built for two photographs.
MacIntyre, of Pike County, Alabama, served in the Alabama Senate around the time of the Civil War. During the war, he was a captain and judge advocate in Company D, Hilliard's Legion, C.S.A. Daguerreotype is 2.75 x 3.25 inches. Front cover of case...
The following is handwritten on the back of both plates: "Taken in Tuscaloosa Ala in the year 1840 by Dr Harrington & Prof Barnard of the University of Alabama" Joshua L. Martin's ends with "and was among the first taken in the city." Sarah Ann...