Frederick Crafts Photographs Collection, 1788-1861

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young man wearing a high collar [not in frame or case], dates not examined 1 box

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young girl wearing a ribbon in her hair and a coat buttoned at the neck, dates not examined 1 box

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young girl wearing a necklace and with her hands folded in her lap, dates not examined 1 box

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young girl seated with a book on a table to her left, dates not examined 1 box

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young girl seated on a plush chair with her left leg tucked beneath her, dates not examined 1 box

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young boy wearing a white bow tie, dates not examined 1 box

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young boy wearing a vest and a coat, dates not examined 1 box

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young boy wearing a coat, dates not examined 1 box

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woman with a long curl over her right shoulder, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing glasses, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a small patterned checked dress and a hat, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a plaid bow and a small collar, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a large white collar [some missing paint on reverse], dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a lace collar and earrings, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a choker necklace and earrings, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a checked dress with a hat and earrings, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a checked dress with a bow, dates not examined 1 box

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woman wearing a bow at her neck, dates not examined 1 box

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woman seated in front of a curtain and leaning her left arm on a table [some scratching on photograph 21], dates not examined 1 box

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with a striped tie and a full beard, dates not examined 1 box

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with a satin vest and a beard, dates not examined 1 box

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with a ribbon tie and full mustache and goatee [card framed with additional blue and red border], dates not examined 1 box

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wearing a striped dress with a white collar and broach, dates not examined 1 box

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wearing a plaid dress and earrings, dates not examined 1 box

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wearing a dark dress with a small white collar, dates not examined 1 box

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wearing a broach, a necklace, and earrings [some scratching on dress], dates not examined 1 box

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[Unidentified], dates not examined 1 box

two woman wearing matching polka dot dresses [in partial union case], dates not examined 1 box

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two men seated in front of a natural rock wall, dates not examined 1 box

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These photographs were taken in February 1861, when he was 98 years old., dates not examined 1 box

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Subseries 2C: Unframed, dates not examined 1 box

Consists of photographs of Frederick and Samuel Crafts.

Subseries 2B: Card Framed, dates not examined 1 box

Consists of photographs of Hannah Williams Crafts and George Slade as well as unidentified photographs.

Subseries 2A: Pinchbeck Framed, dates not examined 1 box

Consists of "Aunt Ellen" and three unidentified (see individual items for descriptions of images).

Slade, George, dates not examined 1 box

Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1788 2 boxes

This series consists of a letter by Eliph Porter to Reverend Thomas Crafts of Princeton (1788), and a pony skin box with lock and key.

Series 2: Tintype Photographs, dates not examined 1 box

This series consists of 52 tintype photographs, including one each of Frederick Crafts, his wife Hannah William Crafts, and his great uncle Samuel Crafts. This series is first organized into sub-series by type (pinchbeck framed, card framed, and unframed), and then alphabetically by portrait subject, with unidentified portraits located at the end of each sub-series.

Series 1: Ambrotype Photographs, dates not examined 1 box

This series consists of six ambrotype portraits in both pinchbeck frames and union cases. All ambrotype photographs are in pinchbeck frames, unless otherwise noted.

Samuel Crafts, the great uncle of Frederick Crafts, enlisted in the colonial army in 1778 as a private, and served under Captain Abner Pomeroy's Company, in Colonel Ezra Woods' Regiment, dates not examined 1 box

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same man as photograph 32, different pose, dates not examined 1 box

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Porter, Eliph, 1788 1 box

Pony skin box with lock and key, and attached label "Fr. Crafts of Boston / Bridgewater, Mass. 1860", dates not examined 1 box

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inscription on back (photo 10) "Born Jan 26, 1812/ Married Frederick Crafts Jan 4, 1832/ Died March 16, 1894", dates not examined 1 box

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group of six young woman, dates not examined 1 box

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