1860-1864
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of 174 carte de visite portraits of various members of the Amory, Appleton, Copley, Greene, and Lawrence families, taken between 1860-1864.
Collection Description
This collection consists of one album containing 174 carte de visite portraits of various members of the Amory, Appleton, Copley, Greene, and Lawrence families, taken between 1860-1864. Those depicted in the album include Arthur Amory, Augustine Heard Amory, Frederic Amory, Harcourt Amory, James Appleton Amory, and James Sullivan Amory, among many others. Photographers include George Kendall Warren of Cambridgeport, Mass. and James Wallace Black, Antoine Sonrel, John Adams Whipple, and Black & Batchelder, all of Boston, Mass. The album is embossed in gold with the initials "M. G. A.," and an inscription in an unknown hand in the front of the album reads, "Mary Amory. From her Affectionate Mother Oct 13th 1862." Most of the photographs are identified, and all are black and white.
Acquisition Information
This album was a gift of Frederic Amory to the Massachusetts Historical Society in May 1921.
Arrangement
The photographs in this collection are arranged in the order in which they appear in the album.
Detailed Description of the Collection
This collection consists of one volume in a case. The inscription in front of the album reads, "Mary Amory. From her Affectionate Mother Oct 13th 1862." All of the photographs are cartes de visite. Most of the cartes de visite are identified by inscriptions in three different, unidentified hands.
Amory, James Sullivan (1809-1884), May 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple.Amory, James Sullivan (1809-1884), Oct. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, James Sullivan (1809-1884), Apr. 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Amory, James Sullivan (1809-1884), n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Amory, James Appleton (1839-1861), n.d.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, James Appleton (1839-1861), 29 Oct. 1860.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, James Appleton (1839-1861), n.d.
Photographer unknown.Copy print from an Aug. 1852 photograph.Amory, James Appleton (1839-1861), 3 Oct. 1859. "Before sailing to Europe."
Photographer unknown.Amory, Arthur, 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, Arthur, June 1862.
Taken by G. K. Warren (Lowell, Mass.).Amory, Arthur, Jan. 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Arthur, 1 Apr. 1863.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Robert, Sep. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, Robert, 1861.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Robert, Jan. 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Robert, Dec. 1862.
Taken by G. K. Warren (Cambridgeport & Lowell, Mass.).Amory, Frederic, Sep. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, Frederic, Jan. 1862.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Frederic, ca. 1861-1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Frederic, Nov. 1861.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Mary Copley Greene, n.d. "Wife of James Sullivan Amory. Compiler of album."
Taken by Levitsky (Paris, France).Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925) and Augustine Heard Amory (1852-1904), 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, Augustine (1852-1904), Jan. 1862.
Photographer unknown. Same photographer as Photo. #82.24, #82.25, and #82.26.Amory, Augustine (1852-1904), Jan. 1862.
Photographer unknown. Same photographer as Photo. #82.23, #82.25, and #82.26.Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925), Jan. 1862.
Photographer unknown. Same photographer as Photo. #82.23, #82.24, and #82.26.Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925), Jan. 1862.
Photographer unknown. Same photographer as Photo. #82.23, #82.24, and #82.25.Amory, Robert, Jan. 1863.
Taken by G. K. Warren (Cambridgeport, Mass.).Amory, Robert, Dec. 1862.
Taken by G. K. Warren (Cambridgeport & Lowell, Mass.).Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron (1772-1863), 21 May 1860.
Photographer unknown. Autograph inserted underneath carte de visite.Lyndhurst, [Lady], May 1860.
Taken by Ayles & Bonniwell (England).Greene, Elizabeth Copley (1770-1866), May 1860.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Copley, Mary, May 1860.
Taken by Ayles & Bonniwell (England).Becket, Georgina Copley, May 1860.
Photographer unknown.Becket, Hamilton, May 1862.
Taken by Mr. Mullins (Jersey, England)."Mrs. Becket's children," n.d.
Taken by C. Silvy (England).Becket, Sophy, May 1862.
Taken by C. Silvy (England).Selwyn, Sarah Copley, 1861.
Taken by C. Silvy (England).Selwyn, Henry, 1862.
Taken by Caldesi & Co. (England).Greene, [Mrs. Gardiner], May 1861.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Greene, [Mrs. Gardiner], Apr. 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Benjamin Daniel (1793-1862), July 1861.
Taken by Seaver & Kingman (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Sara, June 1861.
Photographer unknown.Greene, John Singleton Copley, Feb. 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Greene, John Singleton Copley, Jan. 1863.
Taken by Mayer & Pierson (Paris, France).Greene, John Singleton Copley, n.d.
Taken by A. Ken (Paris, France).Greene, Bella W., n.d.
Taken by A. Ken (Paris, France).Greene, John Singleton Copley, Jr., 1860.
Taken by A. Ken (Paris, France).Greene, Elizabeth C. (later Crowninshield), n.d.
Taken by A. Ken (Paris, France).Greene, Mary Amory, 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Mary Amory, and Elizabeth C. Greene, 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Elizabeth C. and Copley Amory, 1850.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Copy print from a daguerreotype.Greene, Elizabeth C., 1850.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Copy print from a daguerreotype .Amory, Copley, Sep. 1861.
Photographer unknown.Amory, Susan G., n.d.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Susan G., 1862.
Photographer unknown.Amory, M. B. and Susie, Jan. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, E. Linzee, Nov. 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Timmins, Frederic, n.d.
Taken by Sarony & Co. (Birmingham, England).Timmins, Henry, 1860.
Photographer unknown.Brimmer, Martin (1829-1896), n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Brimmer, Mary Ann, June 1860.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Perkins, Susie Timmins, Nov. 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Perkins, Augustus Thorndike (1827-1891), 1860.
Photographer unknown.Brimmer, Martin (1829-1896) and Mary Ann, Apr. 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Perkins, Augustus Thorndike (1827-1891) and Susie Timmins Perkins, 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Timmins, George, Apr. 1860.
Photographer unknown (Milan, Italy).Timmins, Nina, Apr. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Timmins, Nina, 1861.
Taken by A. Duroni.Timmins, Paolo Enrico Giuseppe, 1861.
Taken by A. Duroni.Hammond, Gardiner G., 1860.
Taken by Black & Batcheleder (Boston, Mass.).Hammond, Lizzie, 1860.
Taken by Black & Batcheleder (Boston, Mass.).Hammond, "Bepie," 1860.
Photographer unknown.Hammond, Gardiner, Jr., 1860.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Hammond, Mary, 1860.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Hammond, Sam, 1860.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Hammond, Sam, Jr., 1860.
Photographer unknown.Hammond, Sam, Jr., 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Buck, [Mrs. Edward], n.d.
Taken by N.C. Sanborn (Lowell, Mass.).Buck, Edward, n.d.
Taken by Friedlaender & Horwitz (New York, N.Y.).Buck, Alice, June 1863.
Taken by G. K. Warren (Lowell, Mass.).Buck, Walter, 1861.
Taken by G. K. Warren (Cambridgeport, Mass.).Blatchford, Mary Ann, ca. 1864-1866.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Blatchford, Mary E., Dec. 1864.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Blatchford, Jennie, n.d.
Photographer unknown.Blatchford, Mary, 1861.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Hubbard, Gardiner G., 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Hubbard, [Mrs. Sam], Dec. 1862.
Taken by G.K. Warren (Cambridgeport & Lowell, Mass.).Hubbard, Mabel and Berta, May 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Margaret Morton Quincy (1806-1882), n.d.
Photographer unknown.Copy print of daguerreotype.Amory, Thomas C. (1812-1889), Sep. 1863.
Taken by Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.).Amory, R. A., Aug. 1892.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Isabelle L., 1860.
Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Isabelle L., Jan. 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, William (1787-1862), ca. 1860-1862.
Photographer unknown.Appleton, [Mrs. William], n.d.
Photographer unknown.Appleton, William, Jr. and his wife Emily, 1860.
Photographer unknown.Appleton, Emily, 1861.
Photographer unknown.Burnham, [Mrs.], Jan. 1863.
Photographer unknown.Appleton, William, Susan, and Emily, 1860.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).William Appleton's dog, n.d.
Photographer unknown.Lawrence, Amos Adams (1814-1886), 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Lawrence, [Mrs. Amos Adams], 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Lawrence, Mary Appleton, 1861.
Photographer unknown.Lawrence, Sally, 1861.
Photographer unknown.Lawrence, William (1850-1941) and Amory Appleton (1848-1912), 1861.
Photographer unknown.Lawrence, Susan, 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Lawrence, Hatty, 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Lawrence, Susan and Hatty, 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Coolidge, H. S., May 1862. "Mrs. T. J. Coolidge."
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Coolidge, T. Jefferson (1831-1920), 1861. "Mrs. T. J. Coolidge."
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Coolidge, Marrie, 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Coolidge, Nora, 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Coolidge, Sallie L., Feb. 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Dexter, Frank, 1861.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, [Mrs. Charles H.], n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, Charles H., 1861.
Taken by Mayer & Pierson (Paris, France).Appleton, Julia Amory and Arthur, 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, Julia Amory, March 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, Charles H., n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, [Mrs. Charles H.], n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Appleton, Arthur, Dec. 1862.
Photographer unknown.Appleton, [Mrs. Charles H.], Dec. 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Garner, Harriet and child, June 1862.
Photographer unknown.Amory, George, 1860.
Photographer unknown.Amory, Captain William, ca. 1862-1865. In Civil War uniform, 16th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Captain Charles, ca. 1862-1865. In Civil War uniform, 24th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, [Mrs. Jonathan], 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Ives, Robert H., 1862.
Taken by Gorham & Co. (Providence, R.I.).Ives, Robert H., Jr., 1861. "Wounded Antietam died Hagarstown Sept 27th 18-."
Photographer unknown.Gammell, Robert Ives, May 1862.
Taken by Manchester Brothers (Providence, R.I.)Gammell, Hope, May 1862.
Taken by Gorham & Co. (Providence, R.I.).[Man identified both as "Mr. Hare" and "William Hobart."], n.d.
Taken by Broadbent & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.).Hare, Mary Amory Hare, 1862.
Taken by Broadbent & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.).Gammell, Willie [?], May 1862.
Taken by Manchester Brothers (Providence, R.I.).Hare, Hobart Amory, June 1864.
Taken by Webderoth & Taylor (Philadelphia, Pa.).Lawrence, [Mrs. William Richards], May 1862.
Photographer unknown.Lawrence, William Richards (1812-1885), May 1862.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified man, n.d.
Taken by Gill & Durheim (Bern, Switzerland).Unidentified woman, n.d.
Taken by Gill & Durheim (Bern, Switzerland).de Blois, [Mrs. John], Oct. 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).de Blois, [Mrs. James], 1862.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Dexter, George M., 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Dexter [Mrs. George M.], 1862.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Dexter, Anne, Jan. 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Dexter, Fannie, Jan. 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Cushing, [Mrs.] (d. 1862), n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Bowdoin, George, Jr., Apr. 1863.
Taken by T. Faris (New York, N.Y.).Bowdoin, [Mrs. George, Jr.], Nov. 1863.
Taken by T. Faris (New York, N.Y.).Greene, John Singleton Copley, n.d.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Unidentified girl, n.d.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Unidentified man, n.d.
Taken by Semper Fidelis (Exeter, England).Unidentified child, n.d.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Unidentified child, n.d.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Unidentified man with two children, n.d.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Gardiner (1753-1832), n.d.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Photograph of a portrait painting by John Singleton Copley.Unidentified child, ca. 1864-1866.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Lizzie C., Oct. 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Greene, Lizzie C., Oct. 1863.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Robert, Mar. 1864.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Unidentified woman, possibly Mrs. Robert Amory, n.d.
Taken by Levitsky (Paris, France).Amory, Arthur, n.d.
Taken by C.D. Fresricks & Co. (New York, N.Y.).Amory, [ ] Ingersoll, n.d.
Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925), 1856.
Photographer unknown.Copy print of a daguerreotype.Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925) and Augustine Heard Amory (1852-1904), 20 July 1863.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925) and Augustine Heard Amory (1852-1904), 1858.
Photographer unknown.Copy print of a daguerreotype.Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925) and Augustine Heard Amory (1852-1904), 1858.
Photographer unknown.Copy print of a daguerreotype.Amory, Augustine Heard (1852-1904), 20 July 1863. "11th birthday."
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Harcourt (1855-1925), Dec. 1863.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Augustine Heard (1852-1904) and Harcourt Amory (1855-1925), Oct. 1859.
Photographer unknown.Copy print of an ambrotype.Amory, Augstine Heard (1852-1904) and Harcourt Amory (1855-1925), Dec. 1863.
Taken by A. Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Frederic, 1850.
Photographer unknown.Copy print of a daguerreotype.Wilder, Catherine Ann, July 1864. "Our nurse for 30 years."
Taken by Andrews (Boston, Mass.).Amory, Frederic, July 1864.
Taken by G.K. Warren (Cambridgeport, Mass.)Mayer, Hal and Frederic Amory, 29 Feb. 1864. "Hal Mayer as Sicilian Prince, Frederic Amory as Turk at fancy ball at Mrs. Bone's, Phila, 29 Feb. 1864."
Taken by Hepburn (Philadelphia, Pa.).Preferred Citation
Amory family carte de visite album, Photo. Coll. 82, 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.