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Photographs and ephemera

Cased tintype, circa 1870s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Cased tintype, circa 1870s, in foamcore enclosure. (Conserved 2022.)

Family cabinet card album, circa 1870s-1900s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2, enclosure: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Note: Cabinet card album pages are not numbered. The page numbers [in brackets] below reflect the order of the photos as they appear in the album.

[01] "Letitia Thompson King"
[02] "Letitia Haslett King (one year)"
[03] "Letitia Haslett King (three years)"
[04] "Letitia Thompson King"
[05] "Letitia Haslett King 1898"
[06] "Letitia Haslett King (seven years)"
[07] "William (standing), John & Lizzie Thompson, Uncle William's [Thompson (1815– )] Children"
[08] [empty page]
[09] "Percival Charles Ketterer and Alice Miller" [Image shows young children in costumes of French aristocracy.]
[10] "Lizzie Taylor Thompson" [Elizabeth Mary Taylor (1860– )]
[11] "David Thompson" [(1855?– )]
[12] "Catherine Marshall, Mrs. William Thompson" [(1851– )]
[13] "Uncle William Thompson" [Rev., (1851– )]
[14] "Uncle James King"
[15] "Hannah Houseman (Mrs. James King)"
[16] "Eliza Thompson Irwin"
[17] "Aunt Bella" [Isabella Thompson (1867– )]
[18] "Uncle James Thompson"
[19] "S. Thompson, May 8th [18]94. Uncle Robert's daughter Sarah." [Sarah Elizabeth Thompson (1875– )]
[20] "Letitia Haslett King, 1889"
[21] "Emily Charles"
[22] "Letitia Haslett King (twelve years)"
[23] "Dr. Joseph R. Kerr. Fourth Pres. Church [1893]"
[24] [Charles Percival Ketterer (1847–1915)]
[24a] (loose photo) [Charles Percival Ketterer (1847–1915)]
[25] [Prudence Salome (Kobler) Ketterer (1848–1943)]
[26] "Kathleen & Fannie"
[26a] (loose photo) [Unidentified family and horse-drawn trap. Likely Rev. William Thompson and family, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland. Woman (Catherine Marshall), boy (John M.), and girl (Frances E.) in horse-drawn trap/wagon with older boy (William Jr.) standing in foreground. Woman servant (possibly a nanny) stands at left, male servant (possibly a groom) holds the reins. Man (Rev. Thompson) stands in the doorway.]
[27] "Fannie Cuthbert Guthrie (two & a half years)"
[28] [Unidentified young man]
[29] "Uncle John Thompson (seated) and friends"
[30] [Unidentified group portrait]
[31] "William Thompson—with arms folded—Uncle William's oldest boy"
[32] "Great-Grandpa & Grandma J. Thompson & Uncle Harry"
[32a] (loose photo) "Letitia Thompson King"
[32b] (loose photo) [inscription] "Letitia— with love David 14/6/[18]88"
[32c] (loose photo) "[?] King"
[32d] (loose photo) "Great Grandpa Thompson"
[32e] (loose photo) "Bella Thompson Guthrie"
[32f] (loose photo) [Unidentified seated woman]
[32g] (loose photo) [Unidentified seated man]
[32h] (loose photo) [Unidentified man in early automobile/horseless carriage on dirt road, circa 1900. Possibly a Thompson family member.]

Family photograph album, 1905, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Black commercially-produced photo album (8" x 5.5") with "Summer of 1905" inscribed in ink on the first interior page. Contains various black and white family photographs mounted to pages. Most identified at a later date by Letitia H. Ketterer (1904-2000, Donor) in red ink, some photos marked as unknown.

Family photograph album, circa 1920s-1940s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Brown commercially-produced photo album (7" x 6") with miscellaneous mounted and loose Ketterer family photographs, ca. 1920-1945. Includes photographs of Letitia H. Ketterer (1904-2000, Donor) on a horse and a "Third Prize" award ribbon from the Barret County Fair, 1925.

Family photographs, miscellaneous (1 of 3 folders), circa 1880s-1940s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous black and white photographs of Letitia H. (Ketterer) Crown (1904-2000) and her parents, Percival C. Ketterer (1876-1962) and Letitia H. (King) Ketterer (1880-1924), as well as few photographs with extended family. Various dates and locations, including some family vacation pictures.

Family photographs, miscellaneous (2 of 3 folders), circa 1880s-1940s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous black and white photo portraits and cabinet cards. Some photos marked on back with names; bulk unmarked and not dated. [Card-mounted photos in seperate slings contained within folder.]

Family photographs, miscellaneous (3 of 3 folders), circa 1900s-1940s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous black and white photographs of Letitia H. (Ketterer) Crown (1904-2000) and her parents, Percival C. Ketterer (1876-1962) and Letitia H. (King) Ketterer (1880-1924). Photos appear to be taken at various family properties, interiors and exteriors, and on a summer 1910 trip to Northern Ireland.

Ephemera, circa 1880s-1920s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Loose family ephemera collected by Letitia H. (Ketterer) Crown (1904–2000). Among other items, contains various photographs of family members, newspaper article "Historic Scene Remembered by Heights Woman" [Mrs. Prudence Ketterer], locks of hair in envelopes (most marked), miscellaneous cards and notes, and an envelope marked "Childhood Photos" with various family photographs.

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