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Wigglesworth Family Photographs

ca. 1850-1920

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Collection Summary

Title:	Wigglesworth family photographs
Dates:	ca. 1850-1920
Physical Description:	117 photographs in 1 album and 1 box
Call Number:	Photo. Coll. 91
Location:	In the Massachusetts Historical Society Photo. Archives.
Note:	Former call number: Dowse Cabinet E, Collection #60.
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@masshist.org

Abstract

This collection consists of portrait photographs of various members of the Wigglesworth family, taken ca. 1850-1920.

Collection Description

This collection consists of portrait photographs of the Wigglesworth family, ca. 1850-1920. One album and one box contain carte de visite, tintype, and cabinet card portraits of the children and grandchildren of Dr. Edward Wigglesworth (1804-1876) and Henrietta May Goddard Wigglesworth, including members of the Grew and Holmes families. Photographers include James Wallace Black, John Adams Whipple, Antoine Sonrel, and Allen & Rowell, all of Boston, Mass. All of the photographs are black and white.

Arrangement

The photographs in this collection are arranged into two series: I. Wigglesworth family carte de visite album, ca. 1850-1920 (arranged by page number, as the photographs appear in the album); and II. Loose photographs, 1861-1895 (arranged alphabetically).

Acquisition Information

Donor unknown.

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. Wigglesworth family carte de visite album, ca. 1850-1920

Vol. 1p. 1#91.1

Unidentified man, ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 1#91.2

Unidentified man, ca. 1865-1874.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Photo-reproduction of painting or drawing by unknown artist.

Vol. 1p. 1#91.3

Goddard, Lucretia Dana (1773-1866), ca. 1864-1866.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.)

Vol. 1p. 1#91.4

Wigglesworth, Jane Norton (1776-1856), ca. 1849.

Photographer unknown.Photo-reproduction of miniature by unknown artist.

Vol. 1p. 2#91.5

Wigglesworth, Edward (1804-1876), n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 2#91.6

Unidentified boy, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 2#91.7

Grew, Jane Wigglesworth (1805-1868), n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 3#91.8

Unidentified woman, ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Frederic L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 3#91.9

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1814-1907), ca. 1863-1869.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel.

Vol. 1p. 3#91.10

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1814-1907), n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 3#91.11

Wigglesworth, Anne (1809-1891), ca. 1874-1880.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 4#91.12

Fuller, Henry Weld (1784-1841), ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Photo-reproduction.

Vol. 1p. 4#91.13

Gould, Lucretia Dana Goddard (1798-1876), ca. 1860-1861.

Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 4#91.14

Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1787-1859), ca. 1850-1859.

Taken by Erwin (Paris, France).

Vol. 1p. 4#91.15

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 5#91.16

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 5#91.17

Unidentified man in uniform, 1865.

Taken by John Adams Whipple.

Vol. 1p. 6#91.18

Wigglesworth, Henrietta May Goddard (1805-1895), ca. 1860-1861.

Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 6#91.19

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1843-1846), ca. 1846.

Daguerreotype photographer unknown. Photo-reproduction by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).Photo-reproduction of a daguerreotype.

Vol. 1p. 6#91.20

Unidentified woman, ca. 1860-1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 7#91.21

Pickering, Henry [possibly Henry Goddard Pickering (1841-1926)], ca. 1868-1874.

Taken by George Kendall Warren (Cambridge, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 7#91.22

Wigglesworth, Mary Goddard (1838-1909), n.d.

Taken by Black & Batchelder.

Vol. 1p. 7#91.23

Wigglesworth, Edward (1840-1896), ca. 1864-1865.

Taken by George Kendall Warren (Lowell, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 7#91.24

Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia (1845-1878), ca. 1860.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 8#91.25

Wigglesworth, Jane Norton (1836-1920), 1861.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 8#91.26

Holmes, Edward J., May 1878.

Taken by Montabone (Milan, Italy).

Vol. 1p. 8#91.27

[ ], Etta and Neddre, 1873.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 9#91.28

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 10#91.29

Unidentified woman, ca. 1864-1866.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 10#91.30

Unidentified man, ca. 1866.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 11#91.31

Unidentified woman, ca. 1877.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 11#91.32

Unidentified boy, ca. 1876.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 11#91.33

Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia (1845-1878), 4 Apr. [ca. 1870s].

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 11#91.34

Unidentified man, n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 12#91.35

Unidentified man in uniform, ca. 1863-1865.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 12#91.36

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), 1874.

Taken by William Notman (Toronto and Halifax, Canada).

Vol. 1p. 12#91.37

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 13#91.38

Unidentified boy, 1861.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 14#91.39

Unidentified man, ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 14#91.40

Unidentified woman, ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 14#91.41

Unidentified girl, ca. 1880s.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 15#91.42

Unidentified woman, ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 15#91.43

Wigglesworth, Henrietta May Goddard (1805-1895), ca. 1864-1866.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel.

Vol. 1p. 15#91.44

Unidentified woman, ca. 1890-1920.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 16#91.45

Holmes, Edward Jackson (b. 1873), June 1873.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 16#91.46

Grew, Henrietta Marian (b. 1872), June 1873.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Grew, Jane Norton Wigglesworth (1836-1920), Henry Sturgis Grew (1834-1910), and Henrietta Marian Grew (b. 1872), ca. 1873.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 16#91.48

Grew, Robert Sturgis (1878-1879), Nov. 1878.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 17#91.49

Grew, Henrietta Marian (b. 1872), 1874.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 17#91.50

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1814-1907), n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 17#91.51

Wigglesworth, Mary (1807-1882), n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 18#91.52

Unidentified man, n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 18#91.53

Unidentified woman [possibly Jane Norton Wigglesworth Grew (1836-1920)], n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 18#91.54

Haynes, Helen Weld Blanchard (1835-1902), 1862.

Taken by Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 19#91.55

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), ca. 1861.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 19#91.56

Unidentified boy [possibly Edward Wigglesworth (1840-1896)], n.d.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 19#91.57

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), ca. 1873.

Taken by H. Reuter (Braunschweig, Germany).

Vol. 1p. 19#91.58

Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia (1845-1878), 1865.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 20#91.59

Dorr, Henry G[ustavus?] (b. 1839?), 1877.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 22#91.60

Grew, Elizabeth [Perkins?] (b. 1845?), 1869.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 23#91.61

Unidentified woman, ca. 1857-1861.

Taken by Southworth & Hawes (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 23#91.62

Unidentified child, ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 24#91.63

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 24#91.64

Wigglesworth, Mary Catherine Dixwell (1855-1951), 1877.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 24#91.65

Wigglesworth, Mary (1807-1882), n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 24#91.66

Wigglesworth, Anne (1809-1891), ca. 1863-1869.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 25#91.67

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 25#91.68

Grew, Jane Wigglesworth (1805-1868) and an unidentified man, ca. 1860-1861.

Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 25#91.69

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), Nov. 1876.

Taken by A. N. Hardy (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 25#91.70

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), ca. 1860.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 26#91.71

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 26#91.72

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Taken by L. Alman (New York, N.Y.).

Vol. 1p. 26#91.73

[Fitz?], Edith and an unidentified woman [possibly her mother, Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth Fitz], May 1889.

Taken by Notman Photographic Co. (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 26#91.74

Goddard, Lucretia Dana (1773-1866), n.d.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Photo-reproduction of a daguerreotype.

Vol. 1p. 31#91.75

Walker, John Grimes (Admiral) (1835-1907), ca. 1880-1882.

Taken by Asa Bushby (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 31#91.76

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 34#91.77

Unidentified woman, May 1870.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 34#91.78

Burnett, Josephine, 30 May 1878.

Taken by Fratelli Vianelli (Venice, Italy).

Vol. 1p. 34#91.79

Unidentified girl, n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 34#91.80

Unidentified girl, n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 35#91.81

Roach, [ ], ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 35#91.82

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 36#91.83

Putnam, William Lowell, ca. 1860-1862.

Taken by Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 37#91.84

Unidentified man in uniform, ca. 1860-1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 37#91.85

Unidentified man, ca. 1868-1871.

Taken by George Kendall Warren (Cambridge, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 37#91.86

Holmes, Edward Jackson (1846-1884), 1863.

Taken by Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 38#91.87

Unidentified woman, ca. 1877.

Taken by Smith & Bousley (Salem, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 38#91.88

Unidentified boy, ca. 1864-1866.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 41#91.89

Unidentified woman, May 1880.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 41#91.90

Bessie, Jennie, n.d.

Taken by L. Suscipj (Rome, Italy).

Vol. 1p. 41#91.91

Beal, [Ida?] G., 15 Feb. 1881.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 41#91.92

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Taken by Fratelli Vianelli (Venice, Italy).

Vol. 1p. 42#91.93

Three unidentified children, ca. 1865-1873.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 42#91.94

Grew, Edward Wigglesworth (b. 1866), Apr. 1877.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 42#91.95

Unidentified child, Apr. 1875.

Taken by Metcalf & Welldon (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 43#91.96

Unidentified child, ca. 1865-1874.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 43#91.97

Grew, Jane Norton (1868-1890), ca. 1870.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 43#91.98

Unidentified boy. Tintype, 1876.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 43#91.99

Two unidentified children, ca. 1865-1874.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 44#91.100

Grew, Henrietta Marian (b. 1872), June 1873.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 47#91.102

Unidentified boy, n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 47#91.103

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 47#91.104

Walker, France Pickering (b. 1867), n.d.

Taken by Asa Bushby (Boston, Mass.).

Vol. 1p. 48#91.105

"The Ladies of Llangollen."

Taken by Bedford (Wales).Commercial photo-reproduction of drawing.

Inscription on verso in unknown hand: "Lady Eleanor Butler & Miss [illegible] Lady B. died 1829 aged 90. Miss P. died 1831 aged 76. They formed a romantic attachment for one another and lived together doing good to the [poor?] a very pretty little cottage at Plas Newgydd ¼ of a mile from Llangollen."

Vol. 1p. 48#91.106

Holmes, Edward Jackson and F. F. Dinsmoor, 15 June 1866.

Taken by George Kendall Warren (Cambridge, Mass.).

Inscription on verso in unknown hand: "Hobschuhtauz by E. J. Homes and F. F. Dinsmoor. Friday June 15th 1866. Strawberry Night 67."

Vol. 1p. 48#91.107

Unidentified group portrait. Tintype, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Vol. 1p. 48#91.108

Unidentified woman. Tintype, n.d.

Photographer unknown.

II. Loose photographs, 1861-1895

Box 1#91.109

Grew, Henrietta Marian (b. 1872), Feb. 1885.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Box 1#91.110

Morgan, Junius Spencer (b. 1892), 1 Feb. 1894.

Taken by L. Alman & Co. (New York, N.Y.).

Box 1#91.111

Walker, Frances Pickering (b. 1867), 1889.

Photographer unknown.

Box 1#91.112

Walker, John Grimes (Admiral) (1835-1907), 1889.

Taken by C. M. Bell (Washington, D.C.).

Box 1#91.113

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), n.d.

Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).

Box 1#91.114

Wigglesworth, Henrietta Goddard (later Holmes; later Fitz) (1847-1929), 1861.

Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).

Box 1#91.115

Wigglesworth, Ruth (later Whitney) (b. 1886), n.d.

Photographer unknown.

Box 1#91.116

George Wigglesworth family portrait, ca. 1895.

Photographer unknown.

From left to right: Frank Wigglesworth (b. 1893); Richard Wigglesworth (b. 1891); Ruth Wigglesworth (later Whitney) (b. 1886); Marian Wigglesworth (later Brown) (b. 1884); Norton Wigglesworth (b. 1882); Anna Wigglesworth (later Chase) (b. 1879); Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth (1855-1951); and George Wigglesworth (1853-1930).

Box 1#91.117

Two unidentified children, n.d.

Taken by Engell (Boston, Mass.).

Preferred Citation

Wigglesworth family photographs, Photo. Coll. 91, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.), photographers.

Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer.

Grew family--Photographs.

Holmes family--Photographs.

Sonrel, Antoine, d. 1879, photographer.

Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, photographer.

Wigglesworth, Edward, 1804-1876--Photographs.

Wigglesworth, Henrietta May Goddard, 1805-1895--Photographs.

Wigglesworth family--Photographs.

Subjects:

Cabinet photographs.

Card photograph albums.

Cartes de visite.

Portrait photographs.

Tintypes.

Women--Portraits--Photographs.

Collection processed by Megan Friedel, 6 June 2003.

Revised 5 Oct. 2005

Encoded by Michael Rush, Aug. 2003

COLLECTION GUIDES

Table of Contents

Wigglesworth Family Photographs

ca. 1850-1920

Guide to the Photograph Collection

Collection Summary

Abstract

Collection Description

Related Materials

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. Wigglesworth family carte de visite album, ca. 1850-1920

Unidentified man, ca. 1860-1864.

Unidentified man, ca. 1865-1874.

Goddard, Lucretia Dana (1773-1866), ca. 1864-1866.

Wigglesworth, Jane Norton (1776-1856), ca. 1849.

Wigglesworth, Edward (1804-1876), n.d.

Unidentified boy, n.d.

Grew, Jane Wigglesworth (1805-1868), n.d.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1861-1865.

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1814-1907), ca. 1863-1869.

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1814-1907), n.d.

Wigglesworth, Anne (1809-1891), ca. 1874-1880.

Fuller, Henry Weld (1784-1841), ca. 1860-1864.

Gould, Lucretia Dana Goddard (1798-1876), ca. 1860-1861.

Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1787-1859), ca. 1850-1859.

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Unidentified man in uniform, 1865.

Wigglesworth, Henrietta May Goddard (1805-1895), ca. 1860-1861.

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1843-1846), ca. 1846.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1860-1862.

Pickering, Henry [possibly Henry Goddard Pickering (1841-1926)], ca. 1868-1874.

Wigglesworth, Mary Goddard (1838-1909), n.d.

Wigglesworth, Edward (1840-1896), ca. 1864-1865.

Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia (1845-1878), ca. 1860.

Wigglesworth, Jane Norton (1836-1920), 1861.

Holmes, Edward J., May 1878.

[ ], Etta and Neddre, 1873.

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1864-1866.

Unidentified man, ca. 1866.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1877.

Unidentified boy, ca. 1876.

Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia (1845-1878), 4 Apr. [ca. 1870s].

Unidentified man, n.d.

Unidentified man in uniform, ca. 1863-1865.

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), 1874.

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), n.d.

Unidentified boy, 1861.

Unidentified man, ca. 1860-1864.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1860-1864.

Unidentified girl, ca. 1880s.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1860-1864.

Wigglesworth, Henrietta May Goddard (1805-1895), ca. 1864-1866.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1890-1920.

Holmes, Edward Jackson (b. 1873), June 1873.

Grew, Henrietta Marian (b. 1872), June 1873.

Grew, Jane Norton Wigglesworth (1836-1920), Henry Sturgis Grew (1834-1910), and Henrietta Marian Grew (b. 1872), ca. 1873.

Grew, Robert Sturgis (1878-1879), Nov. 1878.

Grew, Henrietta Marian (b. 1872), 1874.

Wigglesworth, Thomas (1814-1907), n.d.

Wigglesworth, Mary (1807-1882), n.d.

Unidentified man, n.d.

Unidentified woman [possibly Jane Norton Wigglesworth Grew (1836-1920)], n.d.

Haynes, Helen Weld Blanchard (1835-1902), 1862.

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), ca. 1861.

Unidentified boy [possibly Edward Wigglesworth (1840-1896)], n.d.

Wigglesworth, George (1853-1930), ca. 1873.

Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia (1845-1878), 1865.

Dorr, Henry G[ustavus?] (b. 1839?), 1877.

Grew, Elizabeth [Perkins?] (b. 1845?), 1869.

Unidentified woman, ca. 1857-1861.

Unidentified child, ca. 1860-1864.

Unidentified woman, n.d.

Wigglesworth, Mary Catherine Dixwell (1855-1951), 1877.

Wigglesworth, Mary (1807-1882), n.d.

Wigglesworth, Anne (1809-1891), ca. 1863-1869.

Unidentified woman, n.d.