1840s-1950s
Guide to the Photograph Collection
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Abstract
This collection consists of 280 photographs, primarily individual and group portraits of members of the related Fay, Mixter, Spooner, and Galloupe families, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, five photograph albums (two containing tintype miniatures), and glass plate negatives.
Biographical Sketches
Fay Family
Joseph Story Fay (1812-1897), known as "Story," was born in Cambridge, Mass. and became a cotton merchant, industrialist, and businessman. As a young man, he worked as a shipping agent in New York in partnership with L. H. Brigham. In 1838, he moved to Savannah, Ga. and joined his brother Samuel H. Fay in the cotton trade as part of the firm Padelford, Fay & Co. He worked in that business until 1861, when the company dissolved and he moved back to Massachusetts. He eventually settled in Woods Hole, Mass., where he had bought a summer home and land in 1850.
In 1840, Joseph S. Fay married Sarah "Sally" Smith Bryant (1812-1887), the daughter of John (1780-1865) and Mary Cleveland (Smith) Bryant (1784-1860). The couple had three children that lived to adulthood: Joseph Story Fay, Jr. (1847-1912), who married first Rebecca Rodman Motley (1849-1905) and second Mabel Grace Ely (1865-1950); Henry Howard Fay (1848-1929), who married Elizabeth Elliot Spooner (1851-1945); and Sarah Bryant Fay (1856-1936). Dorothy Fay (1886-), the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Spooner) Fay, married William Jason Mixter (1880-1958) in 1911.
Mixter Family
William Mixter (1809-1884) was the son of Jason (1772-1850) and Susan (Cutler) Mixter (1777-1861). Three of his siblings lived to adulthood: Charles (1811-1873), Susan (1814-1894), and George (1815-1897). Mixter was a merchant and banker in Boston. He married Mary Ruggles (1818-1904) and had the following children: George Mixter (1842-1910); Mary Ann "Mamie" Mixter (1845-1922); Fanny Louise Mixter (1850-), who married Daniel Waldo Howard (1847-); Samuel Jason Mixter (1855-1926), who married Wilhelmina "Willie" Galloupe (1858-1925); and William Anson Mixter (1856-1859).
Samuel Jason Mixter (1855-1926) was born in Hardwick, Mass. and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1875 and Harvard Medical School in 1879. From 1879-1881, he lived in Vienna and studied medicine, returning to practice in Boston as a surgeon at various hospitals and to teach at Harvard Medical School. He married Wilhelmina "Willie" Galloupe (1858-1925), the daughter of Charles William Galloupe (1825-1903) and Sarah Augusta (Kittredge) Galloupe (1827-1904), and had the following children: William Jason Mixter (1880-1958), who married Dorothy Fay (1886-); Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965), who married Helen Worthington McIntosh; Roger Conant Mixter (1885-1886); George Mixter (1889-1968), who married Muriel Eaton (1892-); and Samuel Mixter (1891-1967), who married Anne Dudley Williams. The two oldest sons, William and Charles, also became doctors.
Spooner Family
William Spooner (1792-1831) married Hannah Otis Nicholson (1793-1865) in 1818, and the couple had four children: Daniel Nicholson Spooner (1819-1869), Caroline Miller Spooner (1823-1904), Ellen Otis Spooner (1826-), and Katherine Brinley Spooner (1831-1909). Daniel N. Spooner became a successful China trade merchant and partner in the Boston, Mass. firm of Russell & Co. He later served as treasurer of the Great Falls Manufacturing Co., a New Hampshire textile mill. He married Elizabeth Elliot Torrey (1825-1907) and had the following children: Samuel Nicholson Spooner (1848-1861); Elizabeth Elliot Spooner (1851-1945), who married Henry Howard Fay (1848-1929); Ellen Otis Spooner (1856-1924); and Mary Torrey Spooner (1864-1956).
Collection Description
This collection consists of 280 photographs, primarily individual and group portraits of members of the related Fay, Mixter, Spooner, and Galloupe families, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, five photograph albums (two containing tintype miniatures), and glass plate negatives. Subjects include Joseph Story Fay, Elizabeth Elliot (Spooner) Fay, Mary (Ruggles) Mixter, Samuel Jason Mixter, Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter, Daniel Nicholson Spooner, Samuel Nicholson Spooner, and many others. The collection also contains photographs of family homes, views of Boston, Mass., and portraits of non-family members. Photographers include John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.), Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.), D. W. Bowdoin (Salem, Mass.), and Le Jeune (Paris, France).
Acquisition Information
The Fay-Mixter family photographs were removed from the Fay-Mixter family papers, which were a gift to the Massachusetts Historical Society from Elizabeth B. Gardner in February 2013, with additions in April 2015 and April 2019.
Restrictions on Access
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Glass plate negatives and lantern slides of any size are not available for research use. Copy photographs or scans may be available for alternative viewing. Consult the Reference Librarian for more information.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Expand allI. Cased photographs, 1840s-ca. 1870
This series contains 11 daguerreotypes, 3 ambrotypes, and 8 other cased photographs of members of the Fay, Mixter, Spooner, and related families. Included are photographs by J. W. Fullerton of Salem, Mass.; James & Co. of Boston, Mass.; and G. W. Rider, but the rest of the photographers are unknown.
A. Daguerreotypes, 1840s-1850s
11 photographsArranged alphabetically.
Fay, Elizabeth Elliot (Spooner) (1851-1945), 1852
Photographer unknown.Sixteenth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Label in case in Elizabeth Elliot (Spooner) Fay's hand: "Myself / Sent to / China E.E.F."
Fay, Elizabeth Elliot (Spooner) (1851-1945), 1852
Photographer unknown.Sixteenth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Apparently taken at the same time as Photo. #232.1. Label in case: "Elizabeth E Spooner / aged 18 months."
Fay, Henry Howard (1848-1929), 1849
Photographer unknown.Hand-painted quarter-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Label in case: "H. H. Fay / 20 months."
Mixter, Mary Ann, [1840s-1850s]
Photographer unknown.Hand-painted sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904), [ca. 1855]
Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Spooner, Daniel Nicholson (1819-1869), ca. 1847
Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Enclosed in case with Photo. #232.7.
Spooner, Elizabeth Elliot (Torrey) (1825-1907), ca. 1847
Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Enclosed in case with Photo. #232.6.
Spooner, Hannah Otis (Nicholson) (1793-1865), [1840s-1850s]
Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Photograph of a portrait.
Spooner, Samuel Nicholson (1848-1861), [1850s]
Photographer unknown.Quarter-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Photograph of a portrait.
Woodbury, Charles William (1845-1925), [ca. 1851-1853]
Photographer unknown.Hand-painted sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Charles William Woodbury was the first cousin of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter.
Unidentified man, [1840s-1850s]
Photographer unknown.Half-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
This photograph depicts a young man with a mustache dressed in riding clothes and holding a hat.
B. Ambrotypes, ca. 1855-1859
3 photographsArranged alphabetically.
Allen, Lucy (Galloupe) (1790-1871), [ca. 1855]
Photographer unknown.Hand-painted sixth-plate ambrotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Ambrotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 2).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Brass mat stamped: "Cutting's Pat July 4 & 11 1854." The name "Lucy Allen" is scraped into the plate backwards. Label in case in Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter's hand: "Aunt Lucy Allen / Sister to Grandfather [Isaac Galloupe (1785-1862)] / and wife of Grandmothers / Brother [Jacob Allen (1789-1852)] e.g. double / Aunt to Mother."
Coffin, Elisabeth D. (Galloupe) (1813-1897), 1857
Taken by J. W. Fullerton (Salem, Mass.).Hand-painted ninth-plate ambrotype in brass preserver.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Ambrotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 2).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Elisabeth D. (Galloupe) Coffin was the aunt of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter.
Spooner, Samuel Nicholson (1848-1861), [ca. 1859]
Photographer unknown.Whole-plate ambrotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Ambrotype Collection (Photo. Coll. 2).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Label in case in Elizabeth Elliot (Spooner) Fay's hand: "S. N. Spooner / about 11 yrs / E.E.F." Glass cover cracked.
C. Other cased photographs, 1857-ca. 1870
8 photographsArranged alphabetically.
Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904), undated
Photographer unknown.Photograph in brass preserver.Spooner, Daniel Nicholson (1819-1869), undated
Photographer unknown.Photograph of portrait in case.Spooner, Daniel Nicholson (1819-1869) and Samuel Nicholson Spooner (1848-1861), undated
Photographer unknown.Photograph of portrait in leather case.Spooner, Elizabeth Elliot (Torrey) (1825-1907), Daniel Nicholson Spooner (1819-1869), and Samuel Nicholson Spooner (1848-1861), [ca. 1860-1861]
Photographer unknown.Hand-colored tintype in case.Spooner, Ellen Otis (1856-1924), [1866]
Photographer unknown.Hand-colored tintype in brass preserver.Spooner, Mary Torrey (1864-1956), [1870]
Taken by G. W. Rider.Hand-colored tintype in brass preserver.Woodbury, Hannah Dodge (Galloupe) (1815-1903), 1857
Taken by James & Co. (Boston, Mass.).Hand-colored tintype in brass preserver.Hannah Dodge (Galloupe) Woodbury was the aunt of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter.
Unidentified girl, [ca. 1860-1870]
Photographer unknown.Hand-colored tintype in brass preserver.II. Loose photographs, ca. 1860-1950s
This series contains 21 cartes-de-visite, 4 cabinet cards, and 25 other loose photographs of members of the Fay, Mixter, and related families, including 9 photographs of Joseph Story Fay, as well as views of family homes. Included are photographs by Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, Black & Case, W. Notman, Notman & Campbell, J. E. Purdy & Co., H. G. Smith, and John Adams Whipple, all of Boston, Mass.; D. W. Bowdoin of Salem, Mass.; J. Carbutt of Chicago, Ill.; Le Jeune of Paris, France; and Vyvyan Poole of Dublin, Ireland.
A. Cartes-de-visite, ca. 1860-1880
21 photographsArranged alphabetically.
Fay, Elizabeth Elliot (Spooner) (1851-1945), [ca. 1863-1864]
Taken by Black & Case (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), ca. 1860
Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), ca. 1860
[Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).]Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), ca. 1865
Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), ca. 1865
Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Duplicate of Photo. #232.26.
Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), [ca. 1865]
Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), [ca. 1865]
Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), ca. 1875
Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Joseph Story (1847-1912), [ca. 1860-1862]
Photographer unknown.Fay, Sarah Bryant (1856-1936), [ca. 1863-1865]
Taken by Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935), 1861
Taken by Whipple [(Boston, Mass.)].Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882), 1861
Taken by Whipple [(Boston, Mass.)].Mixter, Charles (1811-1873), [ca. 1872]
Taken by Le Jeune (Paris, France).Mixter, George (1815-1897), [ca. 1865]
Taken by J. Carbutt (Chicago, Ill.).Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904), [ca. 1870]
Taken by H. G. Smith (Boston, Mass.).Photograph of drawing.Inscription on verso: "Mrs Wm. Mixter / Photo of black / & white crayon / portrait by / [George Chickering] Munzig."
Mixter, Susan (Cutler) (1777-1861), [ca. 1860]
Photographer unknown.Enclosed with letter from George Cutler (1862-1947) to Dorothy (Fay) Mixter, 22 May 1943, about the picture and other matters.
Mixter, William (1809-1884), [ca. 1865]
Taken by Marshall (Boston, Mass.).[Mixter, William Augustus (1824-1869)], [ca. 1869]
Taken by D. W. Bowdoin (Salem, Mass.).Inscription on verso: "Wm Mixter / of New Braintree / Like Samuel Mixter / of New Braintree?"
William Augustus Mixter was the first cousin of William Mixter (1809-1884).
Mixter, William Gilbert (1846-1936), [ca. 1866-1867]
Photographer unknown.William Gilbert Mixter was the son of George Mixter (1815-1897).
Mixter, William Gilbert (1846-1936), [ca. 1880]
Taken by W. Notman [(Boston, Mass.)].Ruggles, Daniel (1823-1901), [ca. 1868]
Taken by J. W. Black (Boston, Mass.).Daniel Ruggles was the brother of Mary (Ruggles) Mixter.
B. Cabinet cards, 1886-1897
4 photographsArranged alphabetically.
Fay, Joseph Story (1812-1897), 1891
Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).Fay, Sarah Smith (Bryant) (1812-1887), 1886
Taken by Allen & Rowell (Boston, Mass.).Inscription on verso: "Grandma Fay / for Margaret."
Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), [ca. 1890-1895]
Photographer unknown.Inscription on verso: "Samuel Jason Mixter / Posed w/ polar bearskin / from Alaska expedition."
Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), 1897
Taken by J. E. Purdy & Co. (Boston, Mass.).C. Other loose photographs, ca. 1860-1950s
28 photographsPortraits
Arranged alphabetically.
Ballantine, Elizabeth Elliot (Mixter) (1913-), Josephine Howard, and John Cudahy (1887-1943), 1938
Taken by Vyvyan Poole (Dublin, Ireland).Enclosed with copy of photograph printed in the Irish Tatler & Sketch, Aug. 1938, captioned: "His Excellency, Mr. John Cudahy, the United States Minister to Eire, photographed with two charming American visitors, Miss Josephine Howard (on left) and Miss Elizabeth Mixter, at His Excellency's reception on Independence Day."
Elizabeth Elliot (Mixter) Ballantine was the daughter of William Jason Mixter and Dorothy (Fay) Mixter.
Ballantine, Elizabeth Elliot [later Elizabeth B. Gardner], 1952, standing in a room with the portrait of Daniel Nicholson Spooner visible in the background
Photographer unknown.Ballantine, Elizabeth Elliot [later Elizabeth B. Gardner], 1952, standing at mantel looking at a portrait of Daniel Nicholson Spooner
Photographer unknown.Ballantine, Elizabeth Elliot [later Elizabeth B. Gardner], 1952, standing outside a building on a porch near a column
Photographer unknown.Elliot, James Henderson (1782-1808), 1898
Taken by [Elliot Torrey] Sturgis.Photograph of painting.Inscription on verso in Elizabeth Elliot (Torrey) Spooner's hand: "James Elliot / Son of Genl. Simon Elliot / & my mother's brother / a photograph from a painting / by [Gilbert] Stuart. / Elizabeth Elliot Spooner / Woods Holl / May 23rd 1898."
Fay, Sarah Smith (Bryant) (1812-1887), ca. 1860
Taken by Whipple [(Boston, Mass.)].Inscription on verso in Sarah Bryant Fay's hand: "S. S. Fay - / My Mother / taken by Whipple / about 1860 / When Mr Whipple (she hated so / to have her picture taken) / said in despair 'Mrs Fay / cant you look a little / pleasanter?' & caught / it. She hid / these until her / death - but my father had his one copy copied, to her great distress."
Galloupe, Charles William (1825-1903), Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter (1858-1925), Mary Ann Mixter (1845-1922), Mary (Ruggles) Mixter (1818-1904), and George (1889-1968) or Samuel Mixter (1891-1967) with dog, [ca. 1900]
Photographer unknown.Inscription on verso incorrectly identifies the man in the photograph as "C. G. Galloupe."
Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904), [ca. 1900]
Photographer unknown.Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904), [ca. 1900]
Photographer unknown.Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter (1858-1925), and their children William Jason Mixter (1880-1958), Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965), and Roger Conant Mixter (1885-1886), [1885-1886]
Photographer unknown.Photocopy.Inscription on verso identifies the youngest child as George Mixter, but George was born in 1889, so the child is probably his brother Roger Conant Mixter, who died in 1886.
Mixter, William (1809-1884), 1876
Taken by Notman & Campbell (Boston, Mass.).Revere, Joseph Warren (1848-1932), [ca. 1866]
Photographer unknown.Hand-colored tintype.Inscription on verso: "Joseph W. Revere / about 18 yrs old."
Joseph Warren Revere was the son of Susan Tilden (Torrey) Revere (1826-1911), the first cousin of Elizabeth Elliot (Torrey) Spooner. His great-grandfather was Paul Revere.
Unidentified woman, [1860s]
Photographer unknown.Unidentified women in theatrical performance, [1950s]
Taken by Harding Glidden, Inc. (Brookline, Mass.).Four photographs of groups of unidentified women in costume performing in a theater.
Unidentified women, [1950s]
Photographer unknown.Unidentified woman, 1955
Photographer unknown.Inscription on verso: "Vincent 1955."
Views
Arranged alphabetically.
Boston, Mass. 88 Mount Vernon St., [late 19th century]
Photographer unknown.88 Mount Vernon St. was the home of Joseph Story Fay and later his daughter Sarah Bryant Fay.
Boston, Mass. Louisburg Square, [late 19th century]
Photographer unknown.View from 88 Mount Vernon St. Apparently taken at the same time as Photo. #232.64.
Boston, Mass. Home of John Bryant (1780-1865), [late 19th century]
Photographer unknown.Inscription on verso: "Bow front house was Bryant / Corner Beacon & Charles St / Boston."
Boston, Mass. 61 Beacon St., [early 20th century]
Photographer unknown.Postcard.Inscription on verso identifies this as "John Bryant House," but he apparently lived at 64 Beacon St. 61 Beacon St. was the home of Elizabeth Brimmer (Sohier) Bryant (1823-1916), John Bryant's daughter-in-law.
Boston, Mass. Home of Charles Torrey (1795-1873), undated
Photographer unknown. Print by Rockwell & Churchill Press (Boston, Mass.).Print by Rockwell & Churchill Press of a photograph taken ca. 1860 by an unknown photographer. Inscription on verso: "The large house was the home / of Daniel Webster / The stone house adjoining was / Charles Torrey's. / From this house on Sept 15th 1847 / Elizabeth E. Torrey was married to / Daniel Nicholson Spooner / grandparents of Dorothy Fay Mixter."
Charles Torrey was the father of Elizabeth Elliot (Torrey) Spooner.
Venice, Italy. Piazza San Marco and Saint Mark's Basilica and Clock Tower, 1880
Photographer unknown.This photograph was purchased by Samuel Jason Mixter and enclosed in a letter he wrote to his father William Mixter from Venice on 4 Apr. 1880.
Unidentified house, undated
Photographer unknown.Three photographs of a large white house and grounds, taken from different angles.
III. Photograph albums, 1841-1890
This series contains 5 photograph albums, including views of Boston, cartes-de-visite, a minette album, and two albums of tintype miniatures.
A. Views of Boston, 1841-1890
59 photographsThis album consists primarily of photographs of Boston streets and sights, taken by unknown photographers in the second half of the 19th century. The owner and/or compiler of the album is unknown. The titles below are taken from captions.
"Boston from South Boston Bridge," undated
Photograph of painting (1802)."Back Bay," 1857
"View from State House looking South West," 1857
"View from State House looking North West," 1857
"View from State House looking South," 1857
"View from State House looking south east," 1857
"Back Bay," 1869
"Back Bay," 1890
"Park Street from State House," 1857
"Public Garden," 1857
"Tremont St., South from Eliot," 1869
"Tremont St., looking North from Elliot Street," 1869
"Church Green, Summer St.," 1869
"Old Summerset Club cor. Summerset & Beacon Sts.," 1860
"Providence Depot and Park Sq.," 1859
"Federal Street Church," 1869
"Tremont Street, Paddock Elms," 1859
"Old National Theatre, cor. Portland & Travers Sts.," 1860
"Franklin St. and First Catholic Church in New Eng.," 1859
"Tremont House, King's Chapel & Paddock Elms," 1859
"Removal of Hotel Pelham," 1869
"Tremont St. & Hotel Pelham," 1869
"Washington Street South from Milk Street," 1857
"Adams House," 1859
"Howard Street and old Howard Athenaeum," 1860
"Winthrop House after Fire," 1864
"Water St.," 1860
"Corner of Court & Tremont Sts.," 1856
"U.S. Court, cor. Tremont St., and Temple Place," 1870
"Daniel Webster Home," 1859
"Providence Depot and Park Square," 1857
"Temple Place, South Side," 1865
"Temple Place, showing steps at end near Wash. St.," 1859
"Exchange Building and Post Office, State St.," 1860
"Brattle Sq. and Church," 1859
"Chauncy Hall School, Chauncy St. Church," 1860
"Peace Jubilee," 1869
"Side View of Colliseum in gale," 1869
"Colliseum in Gale," 8 Sep. 1869
"Tremont House, looking north west," 1857
"Water St., cor. Devonshire St.," 1860
"Masonic Temple," 1870
"Bromfield Inn, Bromfield Street," 1860
"John Hancock House," 1860
"Old State House," 1858
"Cockerel Church, Hanover St.," 1869
"Scollay Square Building," 1859
"Old Engine Lion," 1841
"Trinity Church after Fire," 1872
"View of the Old Warren House, at Roxbury, Mass.," 1849
Photograph of drawing."Cor Kingston & Summer St," 1857
"Trinity," 1857
"Tremont St Between Mason, & West Streets," 1857
"State St," 1870
"State Street," 1888
"Summer St," 1857
"Tremont Street looking North from Warrington St.," 1869
"Friend St old house 'The last of Gardens,'" 1859
Unidentified house, undated
Loose photograph at end of album. Torn.
B. Carte-de-visite album, ca. 1860-1885
15 photographsThis album consists primarily of photographs of Mixter and Galloupe family members, including 4 photographs of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter at different ages. Some pages are blank, and captions are written in various hands. Included are photographs by Black & Batchelder, Case & Getchell, Silsbee, Case & Co., and John Adams Whipple, all of Boston, Mass.; D. W. Bowdoin of Salem, Mass.; and Le Jeune of Paris, France.
Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), [ca. 1865]
Photographer unknown.Mixter, Wilhelmina (Galloupe) (1858-1925), [ca. 1863]
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Portrait owned by E. Mixter Ballantine."
Mixter, Wilhelmina (Galloupe) (1858-1925), [ca. 1861]
Photographer unknown.Mixter, Wilhelmina (Galloupe) (1858-1925), [ca. 1865]
Photographer unknown.Mixter, Wilhelmina (Galloupe) (1858-1925), [ca. 1875]
Taken by Richardson (Boston, Mass.).[no photograph]
[Galloupe, Sarah Foster (Odell) (1831-1903)], [ca. 1860-1865]
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Aunt Sarah Galoupe."
Sarah Foster (Odell) Galloupe was the aunt of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter. The subject may also be Sarah Kittredge (Galloupe) Morton Hunt (1849-1910), Wilhelmina Mixter's sister.
Appleton, Helen Kortright (Mixter) (1864-), [ca. 1880-1885]
Photographer unknown.Helen Kortright (Mixter) Appleton was the daughter of Charles Mixter (1811-1873).
[no photograph]
Galloupe, Sarah Augusta (Kittredge) (1827-1904), undated
Taken by Silsbee, Case & Co. (Boston, Mass.).Inscription on verso: "Original taken / about the date of / her marriage / Apr. 13. 1848."
Galloupe, Charles William (1825-1903), [ca. 1865-1870]
Taken by Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.).[no photograph]
Kittredge, Augusta (Smith) (-1874), [ca. 1865-1870]
Taken by John A. Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Augusta (Smith) Kittredge was the maternal grandmother of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter.
[no photograph]
Unidentified man with dog, undated
Taken by D. W. Bowdoin (Salem, Mass.).[no photograph]
Mixter, George (1842-1910), 1861
Taken by Warren (Cambridgeport, Mass.).[no photograph]
Mixter, Frances Louisa (Curtis) (1823-1873), [ca. 1872]
Taken by Le Jeune (Paris, France).This photograph may have been taken at the same time as Photo. #232.35.
Frances Louisa (Curtis) Mixter was the wife of Charles Mixter (1811-1873).
[no photograph]
Mixter, Madeline Curtis (1856-1915), [ca. 1862-1863]
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Madeline Curtis Mixter was the daughter of Charles Mixter (1811-1873).
[no photograph]
Ruggles, Anson (1783-1881), [ca. 1860-1865]
Photographer unknown.Anson Ruggles was the father of Mary (Ruggles) Mixter.
C. Minette album, [ca. 1870-1875]
14 photographsThis small album contains photographs of 13 girls, probably friends or classmates of Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter, who wrote captions identifying the girls and whose photograph probably appeared on page 9. All of the photographs were taken by unknown photographers, and the verso of one reads: "Photograph and Minette Rooms, No. 22 Winter Street, Boston."
"Grace Treadwell"
"Maude Abbot"
"Maude Abbot"
"Bowles?"
"Dora Russell"
"Cora Hogg"
Unidentified girl
"Minnie Russell"
[no photograph; caption: "W. G."]
[no photograph]
"Mary Miles"
[no photograph]
"Kitty Thompson"
"Maggie Stackpole"
"Kitty Jeninson"
"Nell Russell"
"Lily Davis"
D. Miniatures album, [1860s-1870s]
This album contains 80 miniature tintype photographs of various unidentified men, women, and children, taken by unknown photographers. The cover of the album is engraved with the initials "M.A.M.," so it likely belonged to Mary Ann Mixter. The last photograph (Photo. #232.240) depicts a young African American boy.
E. Miniatures album, [1860s-1870s]
This album contains 24 miniature tintype photographs of various unidentified men, women, and children, taken by unknown photographers.
IV. Glass plate negatives, [ca. 1887-1888]
13 negativesThis series consists of 13 glass plate negatives by unknown photographers, primarily depicting Samuel Jason Mixter, Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter, William Jason Mixter, and Charles Galloupe Mixter. Most of the photographs were probably taken at the Mixter family farm in Hardwick, Mass.
Arranged alphabetically.
NOTE: Glass plate negatives and lantern slides of any size are not available for research use. Copy photographs or scans may be available for alternative viewing. Consult the Reference Librarian for more information.
[Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904)] in front of house, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, Mary (Ruggles) (1818-1904)] on porch, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926)] with dog, horses, and carriage in front of house, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter (1858-1925), and Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965)] with dog, horse, and carriage, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), Wilhelmina (Galloupe) Mixter (1858-1925), and Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965)] with dog, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), William Jason Mixter (1880-1958), and Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965)] with dogs, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, Samuel Jason (1855-1926), William Jason Mixter (1880-1958), and Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965)] with dogs, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, William Jason (1880-1958) and Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965)] on carriage, [ca. 1887-1888]
[Mixter, William Jason (1880-1958) and Charles Galloupe Mixter (1882-1965)] with dog, [ca. 1887-1888]
Group of men and women, some holding fish, [ca. 1887-1888]
Two children, [ca. 1887-1888]
Farmhouse, [ca. 1887-1888]
Farmhouse, [ca. 1887-1888]
Preferred Citation
Fay-Mixter family photographs, Photo. Coll. 232, 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.