Portrait photography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
C. W. Motes photographs and drawing
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS436
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several photographs taken by Columbus Washington "C. W." Motes, as well as portraits of Motes. Additional photographs include his wife, Emma F. White, and their two daughters: Mary Motes Delbridge and Eva Motes. The collection also includes photographs, presumably of his clients, images of titled sculptures, a drawing by C. W. Motes, and a color cased image of his daughter, Mary. Of special note is an ambrotype of Motes during his time as a Confederate soldier in the...
Dates:
approximately 1862-1900, undated
Caroline M. Clarke photographs of the Candler family
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS376
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of the Candler family, who were related to Caroline M. Clark on her mother's side. This collection includes a photograph of Martha Candler with seven of her sons: Milton (1837-1909), Ezekiel (1838-1915), Noble (1841-1887), William (1847-1928), Asa (1851-1929), Warren (1857-1941), and John (1861-1941). Another photograph features Asa Candler with his wife, Lucy (1878-1919), and their children: Asa Jr. (1880-1953), Lucy (1883-1962), William (1890-1936),...
Dates:
Approximately 1840-1890
Goldberg and Rich family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS456
Scope and Contents
This collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and cased tintypes of Goldberg and Rich family members. Featured individuals include Marcus and Rachel Goldberg, as well as their children and families. Of special note is a photograph of Rosalind and Valerie Rich as children with an unidentified African American woman, who was likely employed as a family nanny or domestic employee.
Dates:
approximately 1847-1895
Governor and Mrs. John M. Slaton visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS209
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs, albumen prints, notecards, and a platinotype collected by Governor Slaton and his wife. Images include portraits of Howell Cobb, Cary B. Wilmer, Julia King (Mrs. Henry) Grady, and James W. English, Jr. Other images include Marechal Foch and Charles Loridaus of France and Thomas Whipple Connally. There is a view of Mrs. John Marshall Slaton in the attire she wore when presented at the court of King George V and Queen Mary. There are portraits of four...
Dates:
1887, 1921-1930, undated
Sally Spalding Funkhouser photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS380
Scope and Content
This collection contains portrait photographs of the Spalding and Foster families, including Sally Funkhouser's father, John Schaffner Spalding, Spalding Foundry Company president and deacon of Atlanta's Second Baptist Church. Of note is a portrait of her grandfather, Albert Theodore Spalding (1831-1921), who was deacon of the Second Baptist Church prior to John. Included are portraits of relatives and friends, such as Ellen Rinhoff, John Spalding's cousin, and Tom McGuire. There is also a...
Dates:
approximately 1865-1895, undated