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Metadata
Title |
19th century Allen family album |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Catalog Number |
2017.FIC.2309.0002 |
People |
Allen, Hamlet Allen, Helen Hyatt Bailey, Henry Burris, Charles Jacob Burris, Eleanor Rebecca Hornaday, Sofia |
Description |
19th century photograph album with leather bound front and back cover containing 19 photographs of unidentified adults and children. Written on the inside cover is "#1409 purchased at the Eleanor Burris auction Probably belonged to Hamlet Allen." #1409 refers to the Thelma Bingham books in which Mrs. Bingham listed 17 items and wrote: "These 'items' purchased at the Eleanor Burris Auction. 8/89." Inside the album was found a letter written to Hamlet Allen in Washington, Indiana from Henry Bailey in Shetland, Scotland dated July 11, 1898 (See 2017.FIC.2309.0003) and a funeral notice for Miss Sofia Hornady who died November 23, 1913 (See 2017.FIC.2310). Eleanor Rebecca Burris (1914-1989) was the granddaughter of Hamlet Allen (1849-1927). |
Date |
19th Century |
Caption |
19th century family album |
Search Terms |
Burris Family Allen Family |