Call Number:

070.002

Repository:

Science History Institute Archives

Extent:

1 linear feet (1 box; 8 photographs)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Collection or item title, Othmer Library of Chemical History, Science History Institute..

Date:

1869-1887 (inclusive)

Creator:

Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888

Form:

Photograph collections and Photographs

Abstract:

Photographs of American chemist James Curtis Booth, members of his extended family, chemist Friedrich Wöhler, and Booth's laboratory from 1869 to 1887.

James Curtis Booth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 25, 1810 to George and Ann Bolton Booth. He was an analytical chemist and metallurgist who spent the bulk of his professional life as an employee of the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia, where he was Chief Melter and Refiner. He also taught chemistry and, partnered with Matthew Boye and later with Thomas Garretson, ran a successful analytical laboratory-cum-training school for chemists, the first institution of its kind to be opened in the United States. Both was educated in the United States and also spent two years in Germany studying with chemist Friedrich Wöhler. He married Margaret Martinez Cardeza in 1853 and together they had four children, James (1854-1857) Ann, Laurette and Margaret.

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1074834~S6

This collection contains photographs of James Curtis Booth and his laboratory, photographs of painted portraits of members of his extended family, and portraits of German chemist Friedrich Wöhler, with whom Booth studied. The predominant forms are gelatin silver prints and albumen prints of various sizes.