Carte de visite. Abraham Rakestraw. Written at top of page: "b. 3-14-1799 d. 12-9-1874". Written on sides of page: "Roy [Henry] Burrough's father Henry R. looked like this man at age 50" and "great great to Henry and Roy and great great great of Doug Chuck Brandon + all the others". Written at bottom: "Grandfather Abraham Rakestraw". Has tax stamp on reverse.
Small brown leather album of cartes de visites, one tintype and a loose cabinet card. Inscription, written twice, on front pages: "Presented to Charles H. Bushong by his grandfather Henry Bushong". This album contains photographs of members of the family of Henry Bushong and his son, Gilbert Bushong, who were devout Quakers and Abolitionists who aided freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad at their farm in Bart Township, Lancaster County, during the Civil War.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
