Swedish family portraits photograph collection, circa 1860s - circa 1900s
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Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Swedish family portraits photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1860s - circa
1900s (inclusive)18601900
- Quantity
- 36 photographs (23 cabinet cards & 13 carte-de-visites)
- Collection Number
- PH2018-026
- Summary
- Portraits of a Swedish immigrant family
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Brothers James P. Eggan and Halvor P. operated Eggan Brothers in Seattle, Washington from 1891-1895. The studio was located on Marion St. from 1891-1892 and then moved to Pike St. in 1892. Both men also operated under their separate names in this location.
Charlotte Hermanson, b. 1852, ran the photo studio at Torggatan 47 in Skara in the years 1885-1916. Branch in Lundsbrunn. Female. Ludvig Ericson, Skofde, Sweden Axel Larson, Victoriagatan 11, Göteborg, is in the 1899 list of Swedish professional photographers established 1890. "Branch studios" in Axwall, Mölndal, and Lindholmens Mek. Verkstad.
Content Description
Portraits of a Swedish immigrant family. The portraits were originally together in an album. The cabinet card photographs which are the earlier images, range from about the 1860s to around the 1880s or early 1890s. They were all made in Sweden. The family probably emigrated to Minneapolis, MN because many of the cabinet card portraits were made there. Five cabinet cards were made in Seattle which is probably where someone in the family finally settled. The Seattle photographers mainly were in business during the early 1890s and early 1900s so the Seattle photographs were most likely made in the mid-to late 1890s. None of the people are identified except one of the portraits from Sweden is identified as Mrs. G. Johnsten.
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Administrative Information
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
