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Frederick Crafts Photographs Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0952
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frederick Crafts Photographs Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1788-1861 (inclusive)
Creator:
Crafts, Frederick.
Form:
Ambrotypes., Photographs., Portraits., and Tintypes.
Abstract:
The Frederick Crafts Photographs Collection consists of ambrotype and tintype photographs, and a pony skin box of the American photographer Frederick Crafts (fl. 1850-1860s).

Crafts, Frederick.

Frederick Crafts was a photographer active in the Boston area during the period of 1850 to the 1860s.

Consists of six ambrotype photographs and 52 tintype photographs by Crafts, a pony skin box, and a letter by Eliph Porter to Reverend Thomas Crafts. Within the series of tintype photographs there is one of Frederick Crafts, his wife, Hannah William Crafts, and his great uncle Samuel Crafts.

Gift of Ralph W. Bleiler in 2003 (AM2004-014).

Photographs nos. 1-9 are individually housed in small, custom cases; nos. 10-29 are housed together in a custom enclosure; and nos. 30-58 are housed together in a four-flap enclosure.

This collection was processed by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004. Finding aid written by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Karla J. Vecchia
Finding Aid Date
2004
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

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

Arrangement

This series is organized alphabetically by portrait subject, with unidentified portraits located at the end.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

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

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1 box

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

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1 box

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

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

1. man wearing a high collar and wide jacket lapels [in union case], dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

1 box

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into three subseries: Pinchbeck Framed, Card Framed, and Unframed.

Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

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

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject of photograph.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

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

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1 box

6. man wearing a large bow at his neck, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

3. man with a bow at his neck and long sideburns [in partial union case], dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

30. man wearing a coat with large buttons, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

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

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject of photograph.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

10-11. wearing a dark dress with a small white collar, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

10-11. 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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1 box

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1 box

12. 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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1 box

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1 box

13. man with a ribbon tie and mustache [2 cents George Washington stamp on back], dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

Consists of photographs of Frederick and Samuel Crafts.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject of photograph.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

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

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1 box

15-16. with a satin vest and a beard, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

15-16. 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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1 box

15-16. These photographs were taken in February 1861, when he was 98 years old., dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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1 box

17. man with a short striped tie and a moustache, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

18. man with a watch fob and a beard [2 images on same uncut tin], dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

20-21. 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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1 box

22-23. woman wearing a lace collar and earrings, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

25. group of six young woman, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

26-27. young girl seated with a book on a table to her left, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

29. baby girl seated [some scratching], dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

31. man wearing a bow tie, striped vest, watch fob, and with a moustache, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

33-39. man with long chops, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

40. man wearing a cravat and a watch fob, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

41. man with a small bow tie and a moustache, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

42. man with long chops and a moustache, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

43. man with a plaid shirt and a curly beard, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

44. man with a hat and a moustache, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

46. young boy wearing a coat, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

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

49. woman wearing glasses, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

57. baby with her right arm bent behind her head, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

58. baby held in the crook of the arm of an unseen person, dates not examined. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

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.

ALS = autograph letter signed

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

2 boxes

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1 box

ALS to Reverend Thomas Crafts of Princeton, 1788. 1 box.
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1 box

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

1 box

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