Pettigrew Family Carte de Visite
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Scope and Contents note
This photograph of the Pettigrew family, with an African American woman and a young boy, was taken by a photographer in Mobile, Alabama. Pettigrew family members are identified on the back of the photograph. The African American woman and a young boy are not identified.
We gave the photo an approximate date of "circa 1866" because our source identifies the photography studio's establishment as "about 1866."
Source:
Frances Osborn Robb, Shot in Alabama: a history of photography, 1839-1941, and a list of photographers, (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2016), 373.
Dates
- Creation: 1866
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Extent
0.05 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Carte de visite (CDV) of the Pettigrew family, along with an African American woman and a young boy. Acc # 015-008
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections acquired the Pettigrew Family Carte de Visite in 2014.
Processing Information note
Processed by Marina Klarić, November 2014.
- Title
- Guide to the Pettigrew Family Carte de Visite
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Marina Klarić
- Date
- November 2014; updated 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository