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Photograph albums

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 330 Collections and/or Records:

Album 1 : honeymoon photos from Fannie's relative, 1903 September-October

 Item — Box 69: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577327], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Photograph album 1 contains images 1-13. Entitled "A glimpse of our Honeymoon. October 1903." Appears to be a gift for Aunt Mame (note that "Aunt Mame" is Frank Rhoad's relative, Mary Elizabeth Rhoads Robinson), featuring a relative of Fannie's. Includes photographs of buildings in New York of Dexter and Cook families, who are Fannie's parents last names. Dated September to October 1903.

Dates: 1903 September-October

Album 2 : childhood photos, approximately 1910

 Item — Box 69: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577327], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Album 2 contains images 14-37. Contains photos of Dorothy, Frances, Fannie, Frank, and their pet dog, Duncan. This album appears to have been a gift for a family member to remind them of Pekin. Dates are unknown, but are probably around 1910.

Dates: approximately 1910

Album 3 : famous people, approximately 1880-1900

 Item — Box 69: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577327], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Album 3 is a leather ablum and contains images 38-223. The images consist of famous people and cards made by the Rock Island photoshop. These include Abraham Lincoln, and other famous individuals. Most of the people are not identified. There are also several tin types. The binding and covers have separated from the pages, and the album is in very poor condition. Dated approximately between 1880 and 1900.

Dates: approximately 1880-1900

Album 4 : Rhoads and Cook families, 1883

 Item — Box 116: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577335]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Album 4 is a Cook family album and contains images 224-252 of Fannie Rhoad's extended family. It is a purple velvet album and has an incription indicating the album was given to Fannie from her mother in 1883. The inside binding is split. There are only 20 images in the pages of the album, and an additional nine originally placed inside are separated now in plastic sleeves. Five images are tintypes. The images do not have descriptions on the front.

Dates: 1883

Album 5 : summer 1915 trip, 1915

 Item — Box 116: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577335]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 5
Scope and Contents Album 5 is an Rhoads family album and contains images 253-542. Additional prints of images and negatives also exist for much of the album, and some of the images are also found in Album 14. The album depicts a family trip in which they visited the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, or the 1915 World's fair, so there are images at the fair and en route from Illinois. They also went to Salt Lake City, the Grand Canyon, the Redwoods, and many other places along the West Coast. There are...
Dates: 1915

Album 6 : trip and child pictures, approximately 1905

 Item — Box 117: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577343]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Album 6 is a Rhoads family photo album and contains images 543 to 664. The album includes photos from a trip to the Southwest, including Albuqurque, the Grand Canyon, Long Beach, Catalina Island, and Rock Island. Photographs include Native Americans, railroads and donkey transporation, landscapes, playing at the beach, and family portraits. The images were taken around March 1905, and likely created by Fannie Rhoads.

Dates: approximately 1905

Album 7 : college friends, approximately 1912-1920

 Item — Box 117: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577343]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Album 7 contains images 665 to 769. The images are probably from the Rhoads' family's college years, around 1912 to 1920. Most of the images were probably taken in Rock Island, and include Dorothy, Frances, Fannie, and other people.

Dates: approximately 1912-1920

Album 8 : Sante Fe, 1917 March-April

 Item — Box 117: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577343]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 8
Scope and Contents

Album 8 contains images 770 to 826. The pictures were taken by Frances and Franklin Koons Rhoads on a Sante Fe visit, March to April 1917. The photographs also have duplicate prints in Album 9. The images are of buildings, architecture, native people and animals.

Dates: 1917 March-April

Album 9 : Sante Fe, 1917 April

 Item — Box 117: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577343]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 9
Scope and Contents

Album 9 contains images 827 to 900. The pictures include images taken during a trip to Sante Fe in April 1917. The images are of buildings, architecture, native people and animals. Some duplicatee images found in Album 8.

Dates: 1917 April

Album 10 : Dorothy as a baby, approximately 1895

 Item — Box 118: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232577350]
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 10
Scope and Contents

Album 10 contains Dorothy Rhoads' initials. It has images 901 to 968. The album is contains smaller photographs of Dorothy, Fannie, and Frank Rhoads when the girls were young. There are also photos of other people, buildings, houses, and groups of people. Dated approximately 1895.

Dates: approximately 1895