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Family album

Description: An album of 25 studio portraits of men, women, and children, many unidentified. One portrait of George Dalziel dated March 1878, and a man named R. D. Graham and four Graham children (possibly Richard Dalziel Graham, artist).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1878-1882
Call number: Volume 9
Creator: Dalziel family(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from H. M. Fletcher, 1948.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Family album

Visual Materials

A disbound album of family photographs mounted on board. Some penciled identifications, including "Charlie" (Charles Dalziel), and Dora Dalziel at Brighton; Wilfrid Dalziel with "Farmer" after his name; other family members; a country house called "Manor Farm, Wiltshire"; and a man named L. H. Chandler.

Volume 3

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Family album

Visual Materials

An album of 57 photographs of Edward Dalziel's extended family and their home in Hampstead. "Hampstead" is written under some images. Some informal outdoor portraits of Dora and Grace Dalziel (perhaps taken by each other), and their brothers, Charles, Gilbert, and Wilfrid. One group portrait of men and women with tennis rackets, and a Mr. Cunningham and Hal Ludlow. One mounted photograph in album of a very elderly man in slippers, possibly George or Edward Dalziel? Photographs most likely taken by Dora and Grace Dalziel.

Volume 6

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Family photograph album

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This album includes images of George and Edward Dalziel, Edward Dalziel's adult children, and possibly friends or other family; there are no identifications. Images include people at a beach promenade, dogs and cats, men walking dogs, people in a garden. There is a letter pasted in back to "Mr. Dalziel" from Sophia Duberly Delmard, May 4, 1903.

Volume 16

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Family album

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A disbound album of 32 photographs, including informal portraits of a little girl (possibly salt prints). Scenes show men, women and children in a country setting, sitting in a garden, and group and individual portraits. Appears to be Edward Dalziel's adult children, Dora, Grace, and others. Two studio portraits also, of E. Hunter Blair and Prince Victor of (Hotzenlake?). Photographs possibly taken by Dora and Grace Dalziel.

Volume 1

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Family album

Visual Materials

An album of 42 photographs of Dalziel family outside a country house (Hampstead?), informal portraits, horses, family groups, a woman on a bicycle. The album has no identifications or dates, but it includes a newspaper clipping from March 30, 1878 titled "Mr. Charles Green's Costume Ball" regarding a party at the studio of artist Charles Green at Charlecote, Hampstead-hill-gardens, with a long list of attendees.

Volume 5

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"Somerset" album

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A disbound album of photographs mounted on board, with handwriting on the first page: "These are all Somerset photos." Images show a large country house, scenery, people in a garden, portraits of house workers, dogs, horses. Several members of the Edward Dalziel family appear. The last image has a credit "G. Dalziel," possibly Grace Dalziel. One loose image of a plant has handwritten notes on back regarding exposure time of photograph.

Volume 2

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