Photograph Album, Bowman Family

Maker
The Bowman Family
Production date
1850-1900
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

Brief Description
The tintype photograph album belonged to George and Susan Bowman and contains photographs of their eight children whose names are Gena, Annie, Fred, George, Edi, Tilly, Arthur, and Rose. There are also portraits of Fannie Fletcher, Mr Shirley and Mrs Shirley.

The photographer and date are unknown, but tintypes were produced mainly between 1853 and the early 1900s.
Production date
1850-1900
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
The album has a red embossed linen hard cover; the tintypes are slipped between two layers of card.
Measurements
Height x Width: 100 x 80mm
Height x Width: 25 x 18mm
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1850-1900
Credit line
gifted by Miss Jean Bowman
Other number(s)
m67/46, 69743

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