Mulford family photograph collection
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Abstract
The Mulford family photograph collection, dating from circa 1880 to 1930, is housed in one glass plate negative box and one half manuscript box measuring 0.6 linear feet. The collection consists of 97 black-and-white glass plate negatives and film negatives and 93 black-and-white photographic prints.
Biographical note
The Mulford family lived in what is the present-day neighborhood of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family house was located at 240 Hawthorne Street.
Scope and Contents
The Mulford family photograph collection, dates from circa 1880 to 1930. The collection consists of 97 black-and-white glass plate negatives and film negatives and 93 black-and-white photographic prints (developed from the glass plate negatives and film negatives). The collection provides street views of what is today the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, views of Prospect Park in winter and summer, photographs of Mulford family members and other unidentified people (presumably also family members or friends) taken at the Mulford family home or around their neighborhood, and exterior and interior views of the Mulford family house located at 240 Hawthorne Street. Only a few of the photographs include the names of the sitters in the photographs. Joe Mulford (presumably the father and owner of the house located at 240 Hawthorne) and Edith Mulford (presumably his daughter) are identified.
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Families
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Items in this collection entered the public domain in 1970.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Mulford family photograph collection, V1974.010, Box number, Object ID number; Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles T. Mulford through the Huntington Historical Society, 1974.
Other Finding Aids
Item level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library. Please consult library staff for more information.
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Fully processed to the item level.
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