Photographs of Carpenter family, Isham family, and home at 945 North Dearborn Street

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  • Collection ID 2003.0191
  • Title Photographs of Carpenter family, Isham family, and home at 945 North Dearborn Street [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1873-1930]
  • Physical description
    • 18 photographic prints : b&w, albumen ; 10 x 7 3/4 in. or smaller.
    • 10 photographic prints : b&w, salted prints ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
    • 34 photographic prints : b&w, silver gelatin ; 9 x 7 in. or smaller.
    • 1 print : b&w, engraving ; 12 x 16 in.
  • Collection summary Photographs of Benjamin Carpenter (1809-1881), Ralph N. Isham (1831-1904), their families and descendants, and views of the house that both families occupied at 945 North Dearborn Street in Chicago (Ill.), known as 293 North Dearborn before the change in street numbering. There are numerous photographs of the interior and exterior of the house, including views of the library, music room, entrance hall, upstairs hall, master suite, main stairway, Judge Carpenter's office, and main hallways. Also in the collection are photographs of the Lake View summer house of George Snow and Elizabeth Manierre and portraits of other family members.
  • Acquisition information Gift of John Bermingham (2003.0191).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include items in the cabinet card and cartes de visite collections filed by name; in the "Porter family and Isham family photograph collection" (1980.0212); in the "Isham family and Lincoln family photograph collection" (1980.0166); and in the Isham family papers.
  • Names
    • Carpenter, Benjamin, 1809-1881 Portraits.
    • Carpenter, Benjamin, 1809-1881 Family Portraits.
    • Carpenter, Benjamin, 1809-1881 Homes and haunts Photographs.
    • Isham, R. N. (Ralph N.), 1831-1904 Portraits.
    • Isham, R. N. (Ralph N.), 1831-1904 Family Portraits.
    • Isham, R. N. (Ralph N.), 1831-1904 Homes and haunts Photographs.
    • Isham family.
    • Isom family.
    • 945 North Dearborn Street (Chicago, Ill.) Photographs.
  • Subjects
    • Families Illinois Chicago. 1870-1929. lctgm
    • Dwellings Illinois Chicago 1870-1929. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) 1870-1929.
    • Lakeview (Chicago, Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
    • Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Albumen prints. gmgpc
    • Engravings. gmgpc
    • Group portraits. gmgpc
    • Portrait photographs. gmgpc
    • Salted paper prints. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/2003/191.htm