ca. 1845-1920
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of 321 photographs, primarily individual and group portraits of members of the family of Rev. William Jenks, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes.
Biographical Sketch
Clergyman, biblical scholar, and social reformer William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1778, the son of Capt. Samuel and Mary (Haynes) Jenks. A 1797 graduate of Harvard College, Jenks married Elizabeth "Betsy" Russell of Boston in 1799, with whom he had 16 children. Jenks occupied Congregational pulpits in Bath, Maine, and Boston, was involved in charitable and historical organizations, and was the author of many works including his Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible (1834). Jenks died in Boston in 1866.
Collection Description
Photographs of William Jenks; his children Theodore, Sarah (later Merritt), Lemuel, Joseph, John Henry, Cornelia Hood (later Wright), and Craigie Phillips; and their children and grandchildren. Also, photographs of the Wright family, the step-children of Cornelia Hood Jenks Wright. The collection primarily consists of portraits, but also contains photographs of homes associated with Jenks family members, as well as travel photographs of England taken around the turn of the twentieth century. Identified Massachusetts photographers include Elmer Chickering, Partridge, Frank Rowell, and Antoine Sonrel, all of Boston; Charles N. Denault of Watertown; and Pach Brothers of Cambridge, among many others.
Acquisition Information
Deposit of Miss May Thacher Mellus.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Portraits, ca. 1860-1920
Arranged alphabetically. See also Series III, Cased photographs.
Bryan, Sarah C., 1880
Taken by John Faught, Lexington, Ky.Critchett, James H. (b. 1886), ca. 1906
Taken by Purdy, Boston.Critchett, Lois Pierce (b. 1888), ca. 1906
Taken by Elmer Chickering, Boston.Garland, Louise, [1890s?]
Taken by Davis & Howard, Boston.Cabinet photograph.Goldsbury, Samuel, [1860s]
Taken by Geo. H. Hastings, Newton, Mass.Carte de visite reproduction of a painting.Hale, William Bayard (1869-1942), 1894
Taken by C. W. Hearn, Boston.Ham, Helen Willard (1874-1944), 1897
Taken by B. F. Phinney, Middleboro, Mass.Jenks, Agnes Blake (b. 1876), ca. 1879
Taken by George H. Hastings, Newton, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Agnes Blake, Apr. 1886
Taken by Putnam, Middleboro, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1889
Taken by Denault, Watertown, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1889
Taken by Denault, Watertown, Mass.Carte de visite, face in left profile.Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1891
Taken by Pach Brothers, Cambridge, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1895
Taken by Strout, Brockton.Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1895
Taken by Partridge, Boston.Jenks, Agnes Blake, ca. 1899-1900
Four mounted photographs, taken by unidentified photographers, of Agnes Jenks and her horse "Fanny."
Jenks, Agnes Blake and Edith Jenks with James, Lois, and Everett Critchett, 1888
Taken by Charles N. Denault, Watertown.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Agnes Blake, Mrs. Thomas Nelson, Miss Addie Nelson, and niece, ca. 1903
Photograph of women seated on the rocks at Lake Assawompsett. Identifications from verso of photo.
Jenks, Agnes Blake, Mrs. Thomas Nelson, Miss Addie Nelson, and niece, ca. 1903
Photograph of women posed in front of Lake Assawompsett. Identifications from verso of photo.
Jenks, Agnes Blake and others at Nantasket, 1890
Taken by J. H. Williams, Nantasket & Norwell, Mass.Tintype.Group photograph of Agnes Jenks, the "Garland girls & Josephine Hosmer & Sadie [Sarny?]."
Jenks, Caroline Ellen (b. 1856), between 1864 and 1866
Carte de visite.Jenks, Caroline Ellen, between 1864 and 1866
Taken by Case & Getchell, Boston.Carte de visite.Jenks, Caroline Ellen, 1870s
Tintype.Jenks, Caroline Ellen, 1880s
Taken by Newell & Dow, Boston.Jenks, Charles William (b. 1848), ca. 1860
Carte de visite.Jenks, Charles William, ca. 1888
Taken by Litchfield, Arlington, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Craigie P. (b. 1827), 1860s
Taken by Faris' Photographic Gallery, New York.Two different poses from the same sitting, hand tinted.Jenks, Craigie P., 1860s
Tintype.Jenks, Craigie P., 1871
Taken by J. H. Abbott.Tintype.Jenks, Craigie P., 1901
Taken by Louis Jacobs, Chicago, Ill.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Edith L. (b. 1885), 1885
Carte de visite.Jenks, Edith L., 1887
Taken by Putnam, Middleboro, Mass.Cartes de visite, two different poses.Jenks, Edith L., ca. 1894
Taken by W. C. Butman, Middleboro, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Edith L., ca. 1900-1901
Five different black and white photographs of Edith L. Jenks and her horse.Jenks, Edith L., ca. 1905
Taken by King, Bridgewater, Mass.Mounted photograph.Jenks, Frederick Angier (b. 1886), 1925
Taken by Hotton, Boston, Mass.Jenks, Henry Angier (b. 1882), 1884
Taken by George H. Leck, Lawrence, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Henry A., Charles F., and Frederick A., 1887
Taken by Partridge, Boston, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Henry A., Charles F., and Frederick A., 1889
Taken by Partridge, Boston, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Henry A., Charles F., and Frederick A., 1892
Taken by Odin Fritz, Newton, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Henry Fitch, and sons Henry A. and Charles F., 1884
Taken by J. C. Moulton, Fitchburg, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, John Henry (1810-1869), 1864
Taken by Whipple, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, John Henry, 1866
Taken by A. Sonrel, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, John Henry, ca. 1860
Gem tintype mounted in a card.Jenks, John Henry, ca. 1860
Gem tintype.Jenks, Joseph (d. 1907), 1860s
Taken by Frank Rowell, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Joseph, 1880s
Taken by Hastings, Boston, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Lemuel P. (1819-1898), 1874
Taken by James W. Turner, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Mary Emily (Lord), 1860s
Taken by Frank Rowell, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Mary Emily (Lord), 1880s
Taken by Putnam, Middleboro, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, Mary Fitch (1846-1921), [ca. 1860-1865]
Taken by A. Sonrel, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Mary Fitch, [ca. 1865-1870]
Taken by A. Sonrel, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Mary Fitch, [1880s]
Taken by James W. Turner, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Mary Fitch, ca. 1900
Jenks, Mary Rand (Fitch), (1813-1881), 1860s
Taken by Whipple, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Mary Rand (Fitch), 1860s
Taken by H. G. Smith, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.Jenks, Theodore Russell (1801-1883), ca. 1880
Taken by Merritt & Wood, Washington, D.C.Cabinet photograph.Jenks, William (1778-1866), 20 Oct. 1860
Cartes de visite. Five different poses, all seated.Jenks, William, 12 Nov. 1860
Taken by Black & Case, Boston.Cartes de visite. Three different poses, all seated.Jenks, William, June 1861
Taken by Seaver & Kingman, Boston.Carte de visite.Jenks, William, [1860s]
Undated photograph of William Jenks sitting at the dining room table with his dog Fido.Lord, Mary A. (Ford), 1907
Taken by the Jordan Studio, Boston.Mounted photographs.Merritt, Jerome, 1863
Taken by S. Masury, Boston.Carte de visite.Merritt, Sarah J. (d. 1877), [1864-1866]
Taken by S. Masury, Boston.Carte de visite.Mickes, Eddie
Taken by Barnard & Matthews, Chicago.Carte de visite.Morgan, Dudley Selden
Taken by Reutlinger, Paris.Carte de visite.Morgan, Ethelinda
Taken by Reutlinger, Paris.Carte de visite.Morgan, Joanna H. (Wright)
Snapshot.Ray, Bertha
Taken by J. H. Griffiths, London.Carte de visite.Rogers, Oliver W., 1894
Taken by Elmer Chickering, Boston.Cabinet photo.Rogers, Rose Standish (Wright)
Rogers, Ruth, Dec. 1903
Taken by Emery, Colorado Springs, Colo.Stone, Lucy (1818-1893), ca. 1880
Taken by Notman Photographic Co., Boston.Cabinet photograph.Wright, "Annie" [Joanna, later Rogers], 1867
Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago, Ill.Carte de visite.[Wright, Annie], ca. 1860
Taken by Faris, New York.Carte de visite.Wright, Cornelia Russell (1861-1942)
Tintypes and cartes de visite.Wright, Lillie
Carte de visite.Wright, Lincoln D. (1853-1881), 1858
Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago.Carte de visite.Wright, Lincoln D., 1867
Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago.Carte de visite.Wright, Lincoln D.
Cartes de visite and cabinet card.Wright, Rose (b. 1851, later Rogers), ca. 1858
Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago.Carte de visite.Wright, Rose, 1867
Taken by S. M. Fassett, Chicago.Carte de visite.Wright, Timothy (1817-1901), 1862
Taken by Faris' Photographic Gallery, New York.Carte de visite.Unidentified child, [1900s]
Three black and white snapshots of a young child posing on rocks in a wooded setting.Unidentified infant, [1860s]
Carte de visite.Unidentified child, [1860s]
Taken by Marshall, Newton, Mass.Carte de visite.Unidentified child, [1860s]
Taken by North, Watertown, Mass.Carte de visite.Unidentified child, [1860s]
Taken by Burrell's, Brockton, Mass.Carte de visite.Unidentified child, [1860s]
Taken by W. E. Johns, Lexington, Ky.Carte de visite.Unidentified infant, undated
Taken by Pach Brothers, Cambridge, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified infant, undated
Mounted photograph.Unidentified child on rocking horse, undated
Taken by North, Watertown, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified child, undated
Taken by Charles N. Denault, Watertown, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified girl, Jan. 1886
Taken by E. S. Dunshee & Co., Boston.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified child, [1860s]
Taken by Wing, Boston, Mass.Tintype in card mount, hand-tinted.Unidentified children, probably Wright family members
Cartes de visite and cabinet photographs.Unidentified family, [1910-1920?]
Black and white snapshot.Unidentified group, [1880s]
Albumen photograph of several men and women aboard a carriage pulled by four horses.Unidentified man, 1894
Taken by Hastings, Boston.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]
Taken by Brady's National Portrait Galleries, Washington, D.C.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]
Taken by Philpot, Springvale, Maine.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]
Taken by Hardy, Boston.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]
Taken by Chickering, Boston.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified man in clerical collar and gown, [1900s]
Unidentified young man with glasses, [1900s]
Unidentified man, [undated]
Two photographs, one mounted, of a man with beard on a farm. The mounted photograph is inscribed in ink "Abou Ben Adhem."
Unidentified men, probably members of the Wright family
Unidentified woman seated on porch, undated
Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, "Nannie," [1870s]
Taken by A. Hesler, Evanston, Ill.Carte de visite.Unidentified woman, [1860s]
Taken by Faris, New York.Carte de visite.Unidentified woman, [1880s]
Taken by George H. Hastings, Newton, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [undated]
Cabinet photograph of a drawing of an unidentified woman.Unidentified woman, [undated]
Taken by Philpot, Springvale, Maine.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [1890s]
Taken by William G. Hussey, Salem, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [1890s]
Taken by Hope, Lansingburgh, N.Y.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [1880s]
Taken by Pach Brothers, Cambridge, Mass.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [1890s]
Taken by J. Notman, Boston.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [1890s]
Taken by Davis & Howard, Boston.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman, [1890s]
Taken by Hope, Lansingburgh, N.Y.Cabinet photograph.Unidentified woman with three dogs, [undated]
Snapshot.Unidentified woman, [1860s]
Tintype.Unidentified woman, "Aunt Soph," [1870s]
Tintype.Unidentified woman, [1890s?]
Mounted photograph.Unidentified woman, [1910-1920?]
Taken by Fitts.Mounted photograph.Unidentified woman, [ca. 1900]
Albumen photographs.Unidentified women, probably members of the Wright family
Unidentified tintype album, [1860s]
Tintype album produced by Abraham Taber & Brother of New Bedford, Mass., containing 32 tintypes, mostly of unidentified children. There is one tintype of a china doll and an identified tintype of Mary Emily (Lord) Jenks. Some of the tintypes are hand tinted.
Unidentified tintype album, [1860s]
Tintype album containing 21 unidentified tintypes, primarily of adults.
II. Views, ca. 1870-1900
Unidentified church, Bridgewater, Mass., [1870s]
Stereograph view.William Jenks house, Middleboro, Mass., ca. 1887
Mounted photographs.Nathaniel Jenks house, Pawtucket, R.I., [1870s]
Stereograph view.Unidentified farmhouse, barn, and silo, undated
Framed snapshot.Winter scene, unidentified location, undated
Black and white snapshots.Unidentified house, undated
Travel photographs, [ca. 1900?]
Black and white photographs of a trip to England. Shipboard photographs and views of various sites in England, including cathedrals and Stonehenge. Most of the prints have the initials "CRW" on the back, suggesting that this was a trip taken by Cornelia Russell Wright and her family.
Views of English colleges, 1897
Small mounted black and white photographs of English colleges taken by an unidentified photographer in July and August of 1897.
Paris: Panorama du Trocadero vue prise de la Tour Eiffel, undated
Bark Young Phoenix beset in the ice, [1888]
Mounted photograph.Unidentified views
Black and white snapshots.III. Cased photographs, ca. 1845-1861
A. Daguerreotypes, ca. 1845-1855
12 photographsArranged alphabetically.
Bartlett, Lucy C. Jenks (1830-1891), ca. 1845-1850
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.
Jenks, Craigie Phillips (b. 1827), ca. 1847-1850
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.
Jenks, Craigie Phillips, ca. 1860
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.
Jenks, Joseph (1845-1907), ca. 1850-1855
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.
Jenks, Mary Harriet (1832-1851), 1850-1851
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.
Jenks, William (d. 1917), ca. 1850-1854
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.
Jenks, William, ca. 1850-1854
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.
Jenks, William Scott, ca. 1855
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.
Unidentified man, ca. 1850-1854
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.
Unidentified man, ca. 1850-1854
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.
Unidentified woman, ca. 1850-1854
Photographer unknown.Ninth-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.
Unidentified woman, ca. 1850-1854
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.
B. Ambrotypes, ca. 1861
1 photographWright, Cornelia Hood Jenks and Cornelia Russell Wright, ca. 1861
Photographer unknown.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.
Preferred Citation
William Jenks family photographs, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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.