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Collection
Bushong Family Album
Title
Carte de visite of Mary Bushong
Object ID
A-085-015
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Bushong Family Album
Title
Carte de visite of Mary Bushong
Description
Carte de visite. Mary Bushong. Written at bottom of page: "Cousin Mary Bushong. daughter of Henry Bushong, great great aunt of Henry + Roy".
Creator
Eberman, Charles W.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bushong, Mary
Subject
Photographs
Classification
A-085-015
Search Terms
Cartes de visite
Women
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
2.5 x 4.25 inches
Object ID
A-085-015
Notes
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
Accession Number
2023.022
Images
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