Cabinet Card Collection
Collection
Identifier: 04-2008.012
Scope and Contents
This collection of Cabinet Cards was purchased from Ebay in 2008.� Included are photographs of 7 former House Members, 11 former Senators and 6 unidentified men.� These photographs provide a rare glimpse of the men who served in Pennsylvania politics during the 1880's and 1890's.� Sixteen of the cards are signed.� Twenty of the photographs were taken by the Le Rue Lemer photographic studios which was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was responsible for the photographs in several books entitled, "Pennsylvania State Government in Picture and Story."� The other photographers include:� C.W. Derstine, F. Gutekunst, M.E. Low and Charles A. Williams of the Commonwealth Photographic Studio.
Dates
- 1881-1895
- Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2007
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet
0.25 Cubic Feet
Arrangement Note
This collection is organized into three series:� House of Representatives, Senate of Pennsylvania and Unidentified.� All cards within the series are arranged in alphabetical order.
Source of Acquisition
Ebay
Method of Acquisition
purchased
Existence and Location of Originals
multi-part note content
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Holly Mengel
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives Repository
Contact:
628 Irvis Office Building
450 Commonwealth Avenue
Harrisburg PA 17120 USA
717-783-3866
records@pabmc.net
628 Irvis Office Building
450 Commonwealth Avenue
Harrisburg PA 17120 USA
717-783-3866
records@pabmc.net