Mother Howe, photographs
Scope and Contents
Portraits of men, women, children, and infants, probably the John F. Howe family, their relatives, and friends. Images of James Howe, Mother Howe, Frank Howe, John Howe, Mary Grover, Joe Grover and Linuce Grover. Views of a blacksmith shop and a automobile service station owned by the Howe family. Views of unidentified cities and towns, rivers, bridges, buildings, and houses, probably in Illinois. Many portraits are candid or in natural settings; shows churches, businesses, parks, interiors, mock fights, spankings, and a baby with a deformed foot.
Dates
- 1942
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Photograph album found in dumpster behind 22nd Avenue and Clarkson Street in Denver, Colo.
Extent
1 photo boxes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Alvin W. Eavy;Denver, Colo.;gift;April 29, 2002.
General
Title supplied by cataloger.
General
A few of the photographic prints of people have handwritten identification.
General
Most of the images are copy prints of historic photographs.
General
Label inside cover reads: "To Mother Howe from Frank & Jim 12-25-42."
Processing Information
Loose pages, torn pages, loose photographic prints, prints warped from glue.
- Illinois -- History -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Mother Howe, photographs[graphic]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
