Scope and Contents: The collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and glass plate negatives featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, his wife, children, and grandchildren. The bulk of the daguerreotypes and glass plate negatives are of Lidian Jackson Emerson. The children, Edward Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and Edith Emerson Forbes, are represented in ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Also includes miniatures of Lidian Jackson Emerson and Ellen Tucker Emerson in poses based on daguerreotype...

Scope and Contents: The collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and glass plate negatives featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, his wife, children, and grandchildren. The bulk of the daguerreotypes and glass plate negatives are of Lidian Jackson Emerson. The children, Edward Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and Edith Emerson Forbes, are represented in ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Also includes miniatures of Lidian Jackson Emerson and Ellen Tucker Emerson in poses based on daguerreotype...

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Lidian Emerson wearing a lace head-covering. Daguerreotype sealed with information about the maker (discovered during conservation), "Fish & Co. mammoth Daguerreotype Room, Washington Street, Boston."

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Lidian Emerson in a lace veil wearing a crucifix.

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Lidian Emerson in a shear veil wearing an embroidered top.

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Lidian Emerson in a lace head-covering. Frame is stamped "Allen & Co."

Scope and Contents: The collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and glass plate negatives featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, his wife, children, and grandchildren. The bulk of the daguerreotypes and glass plate negatives are of Lidian Jackson Emerson. The children, Edward Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and Edith Emerson Forbes, are represented in ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Also includes miniatures of Lidian Jackson Emerson and Ellen Tucker Emerson in poses based on daguerreotype...

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Lidian Emerson in a shear veil wearing a crucifix, holding a book.

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Photographic image of a painted portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a bonnet.

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Comprised of the following: one oversized album of photographs primarily by A. H. Folsom of John Lowell homes, their interiors, and miscellaneous Lowell-related images; album of cartes-de-visite of Lowell, Putnam, and Lawrence family members, including Amy Lowell; daguerreotype of Judge Samuel Putnam; and daguerreotype of Sarah Putnam.