Francis Blake photographs, circa 1875-1898, guide to the photograph collection

Francis Blake photographs, circa 1875-1898, guide to the photograph collection

Cabinet photographs. Card photograph albums. Cartes de visite. Chronophotography--Specimens. Collodion transparencies. Daguerreotypes. England--19th century--Photographs. Europe--19th century--Photographs. Glass negatives. Glen (N.H.)--Photographs. Glen House Hotel (Glen, N.H.)--Photographs. Inventors--19th century--Photographs. Keewaydin (Weston, Mass.)--Photographs. Lantern slides. Peoria County (Ill.)--Photographs. Photograph albums. Photography, High-Speed--19th century--Specimens. Photography, Instantaneous--19th century--Specimens. Portrait photographers--United States Tintypes.

The collection consists primarily of photographs taken by Francis Blake, ca. 1875-1898. These images are mainly portraits of the Blake family, various relatives, and friends; Francis Blake's family estate, Keewaydin, in Weston, Mass.; the Blakes' travels to the Glen House Hotel in Glen, N.H. and the Payson family farm in Peoria County, Ill.; and Blake's experimentations with instantaneous and high-speed photography.

Francis Blake created the photographs described in this finding aid by the Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society Photo. Collection 57

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