Julia Britt Photo Album
P2019.01
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Julia Britt Photo Album
- ID
- P2019.01
- Date [inclusive]
- 1870-1880
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet
- Physical Description
- Photograph album with photo prints and tintype images in card mounts
- Location
- Located in Special Collections, Row 10, Section 4
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Julia Britt Photo Album, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville
Scope and Contents
An album containing 23 tintypes and 10 card prints, mounted in card pages. The card prints usually have the photographer's and/or studio information printed on the rear, some include the subject's name, but only one is dated. With the exception of #2, all the images seem to have been taken in a studio.
The album has the inscription, "Julia Britt. Presented by a friend", but nothing is known about Britt, when or where she lived. Many subjects in the album share similar facial characteristics, but who they are, their relationships, and why the images were collected in this album are not known.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Acquisition Note
The album was donated to Ramsey Library by Edward Ellis, an historian specializing in the history of Craven County, NC. The album was purportedly dug up from the south shore of the Neuse River below Havelock in Craven County, in 2007. Ellis held on to the album for a number of years, and attempted to research the history of the album, and in 2018 he donated the album to UNC Asheville, since many of the photographers were from Asheville.
Processing Note
Processed by Colin Reeve, March 2019
Collection Inventory
Box 1 |
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Leather bound album 4" x 5" x 2", with metal clasp. Inscribed on inner leaf, "Julia Britt. Presented by a Friend", and in a different hand, "My Mamma, Album N.C." Images are all studio portraits, except where noted. |
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1: Young boy, on straight back chair, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5". "Uncle (Gone) Horace" written on mount |
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2: Man sitting on horse with building in background, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5". Indistinct writing on mount possibly, "My ..." |
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3: Standing woman and seated man, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" |
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4: Woman in dress with white collar and cuffs, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" [Possibly taken at same time a next image] |
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5: Man with jacket buttoned at top, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" [Possibly taken at same time as previous image] |
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6: Boy with arm resting on (arm of chair), tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" |
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7: Girl leaning of piece of furniture, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" "My only sister" written on mount |
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8: Young man with watch chain showing, card, 2.5" x 4", "Williams & Butz Celebrated Galleries....Little Rock, Arkansas and Eureka Traveling Gallery, Headquarters at Galveston Texas," printed on rear |
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9: Bearded man, card, oval image overall 3" x 2". Filed with paper stamped "McCanless Bros. Photographers....Patton Avenue, Asheville, N.C." |
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10: Boy with fist against chest, tintype, 1.75" x 2.5" [See also #27] |
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11: Man, card, oval image overall 3.25" x 2", "Nat. W. Taylor Photographer.....Opposite Eagle Hotel, Asheville, N.C." printed on rear |
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12: Young man wearing tie, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" |
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13: Woman resting hands on pedestal, tintype, approximately 2" x 3.5" |
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14: Man holding hat and leaning on twisted wood (furniture), card, 2.5" x 4", "W. T. Robertson Photographer....Asheville, N.C." printed on rear |
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15: Man resting elbow on furniture, tintype, 2.5" x 3.5" |
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16: Man with white beard, tintype, approximately 2.5" x 3.5" |
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17: Man with goatee beard, identified as Dr. J. K. S. Case, Brevard, N.C., card, approximately 2.5" x 4", "W.T. Robertson, Asheville, N.C." printed on rear |
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18: Bald man identified as Erasmus H. Merrimon, Asheville,... January 1879, card, 2.5" x 4.25", "W.T. Robertson, Photographer, over Roy & Milard's Store, Asheville, N.C." printed on rear |
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19: Man resting arm on furniture, tintype, approximately 2.25" x 3.5" [See also #27. Same person or relation?] |
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20: Young girl sitting on chair, tintype, 1.75" x 2.75" |
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21: Young man with "S" lapel pin, identified on rear as Robert S. Ward, Hackney P.O., Chatham Co., N.C., card, 2.5" x 4" |
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22: Man in hat (possibly same man as previous photo), card, 2.5" x 4", "C. W. Rochelle, Photographer, Durham, N.C." printed on rear |
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23: Woman, identified as Mrs Burwell Parker and Mrs Dolly Simmons, card mounted tintype, , oval image approximately 2" x 1.5", paper from "E.S. Wormwell's Picture Gallery....35 Craven Street, New Bern, N.C. glued to mount. Image is badly scratched |
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24: Young girl holding hat and sitting on twisted wood furniture, tintype, 2" x 3.25" |
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25: Man with arm resting on twisted wood, tintype, 2.5" x 3.75" |
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26: Standing woman and seated man next to twisted wood, tintype, 2.5" x 3.25" |
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27: Man resting arm on (furniture), tintype, approximately 2.25" x 3.5" [See also #19. Same person or relation?] |
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28: Boy with fist against chest, tintype, 2.25" x 3.25" [See also #10] |
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29: Man wearing hat and leaning on (a piece of rock), tintype, approximately |
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30: Young girl standing with hand resting on back of chair, tintype, approximately 2" x 3" |
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31: Man looking slightly sideways, glued to card, 2.25" x 3.5", "Taylor & Gibson, Asheville, N.C." printed on rear |
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32: Baby, card, glued to card, 2.5" x 3.5", Fornley, Photographer, Newton, N.J." printed on rear |
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33: Baby in white against dark background, tintype, 2.5" x 3.25" |
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