Photograph of Brigadier General Thomas Welsh pasted to an oval-shaped backing. Welsh, in full uniform, is seated at a table with his left arm and hat on the table. No date, but believed to be 1863.
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Photograph of Annie E. Welsh by William Bailey, 86 North Third Stree, Columbia.
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Welsh family photograph taken on the side porch of 552 Chestnut Street, Columbia. Annie Welsh, Thomas Anna Welsh, Alice Welsh, Emilie Benson Welsh, Blanton Welsh, Lilian Welsh, Thomas Welsh (son of Emilie and Blanton), Effie Welsh, and Mary Welsh. [1888]
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Cabinet card photograph of Annie Welsh by Bailey, 86 N. Third St., Columbia, PA. Photograph is a duplicate of GTW-004.
Verso: (Annie) Nancy Eunice Young Welsh. Mrs. Thomas Welsh. Mother of Blanton C. Welsh"
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Cabinet card photogaph of Dr. Mary Sherwood and Lilian Welsh.
Verso: "Dr. Mary Sherwood, Aunt Lillian standing"
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Cabinet card photogaph of Alice Welsh or Thomas Anna Welsh. By Clinedinst Photo Co. Studios 66 Lexington St. near Charles and 120 & 122 Lexington, co. Park Ave., Baltimore. Verso: "Aunt Alice Welsh or could this possibly be Aunt Anna after typhoid fever which left her deaf and head shaved - note short hair"
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Cabinet card photograph of Effie Welsh by W. Getz, 42 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.
Verso: "Effie Welsh, Sister of BC Welsh"
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
Photograph of Harriet Lane. Harriet Lane in studio photo facing 3/4 front to her right. Head turned front. Hands clasped at front, holding white handkerchief. Hair braided at sides, wrapped at back. Wearing silk gown, medium colored, with white collar. Mounted in an American 1850 scoop picture frame with a rustic tree branch motif.
Photograph on display in Wheatland is a digital reproduction. Original photgraph moved to archives for conservation purposes.
To be removed from frame and stored in archival safe folder.
Object ID
W.1989.082.001
Notes
Original photograph removed from frame on 27 July 2009 - placed in archival storage for conservation purposes. (East Attic, flat files). Photograph and frame both bear the number 89.82.