ca. 1845-1920
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of 245 photographs, primarily individual and group portraits of members of the family of Rev. William Jenks, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes.
Biographical Sketch
Clergyman, biblical scholar, and social reformer William Jenks was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1778, the son of Capt. Samuel and Mary (Haynes) Jenks. A 1797 graduate of Harvard College, Jenks married Elizabeth "Betsy" Russell of Boston in 1799, with whom he had 16 children. Jenks occupied Congregational pulpits in Bath, Maine, and Boston, was involved in charitable and historical organizations, and was the author of many works including his Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible (1834). Jenks died in Boston in 1866.
Collection Description
Photographs of William Jenks; his children Theodore, Sarah (later Merritt), Lemuel, Joseph, John Henry, Cornelia Hood (later Wright), and Craigie Phillips; and their children and grandchildren. The collection primarily consists of portraits, but also contains photographs of homes associated with Jenks family members, as well as travel photographs of England taken around the turn of the twentieth century. Identified Massachusetts photographers include Elmer Chickering, Partridge, Frank Rowell, and Antoine Sonrel, all of Boston; Charles N. Denault of Watertown; and Pach Brothers of Cambridge, among many others.
Acquisition Information
Deposit of Miss May Thacher Mellus.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Portraits, ca. 1860-1920
Arranged alphabetically. See also Series III, Cased photographs.
Box 1Folder 1#277.01
Critchett, Everett (b. 1884), ca. 1904Taken by Elmer Chickering, Boston.
Box 1Folder 2#277.02
Critchett, James H. (b. 1886), ca. 1906Taken by Purdy, Boston.
Box 1Folder 3#277.03
Critchett, Lois Pierce (b. 1888), ca. 1906Taken by Elmer Chickering, Boston.
Box 1Folder 4#277.04
Garland, Louise, [1890s?]Taken by Davis & Howard, Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 3Folder 80#277.229
Goldsbury, Samuel, [1860s]Taken by Geo. H. Hastings, Newton, Mass.Carte de visite reproduction of a painting.
Box 1Folder 5#277.05
Hale, William Bayard (1869-1942), 1894Taken by C. W. Hearn, Boston.
Box 1Folder 6#277.06
Ham, Helen Willard (1874-1944), 1897Taken by B. F. Phinney, Middleboro, Mass.
Box 1Folder 7#277.07
Jenks, Agnes Blake (b. 1876), ca. 1879Taken by George H. Hastings, Newton, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 8#277.08a-c
Jenks, Agnes Blake, Apr. 1886Taken by Putnam, Middleboro, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 9#277.09a-d
Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1889Taken by Denault, Watertown, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 9#277.10a-d
Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1889Taken by Denault, Watertown, Mass.Carte de visite, face in left profile.
Box 1Folder 10#277.11a-d
Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1891Taken by Pach Brothers, Cambridge, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 11#277.12a-d
Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1895Taken by Strout, Brockton.
Box 1Folder 12#277.13a-d
Jenks, Agnes Blake, 1895Taken by Partridge, Boston.
Box 1Folder 13#277.14-277.17
Jenks, Agnes Blake, ca. 1899-1900Four mounted photographs, taken by unidentified photographers, of Agnes Jenks and her horse "Fanny."
Box 1Folder 14#277.18a-b
Jenks, Agnes Blake and Edith Jenks with James, Lois, and Everett Critchett,
1888Taken by Charles N. Denault, Watertown.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 15#277.19
Jenks, Agnes Blake, Mrs. Thomas Nelson, Miss Addie Nelson, and niece, ca.
1903Photograph of women seated on the rocks at Lake Assawompsett. Identifications from verso of photo.
Box 1Folder 15#277.20
Jenks, Agnes Blake, Mrs. Thomas Nelson, Miss Addie Nelson, and niece, ca.
1903Photograph of women posed in front of Lake Assawompsett. Identifications from verso of photo.
Box 1Folder 16#277.21
Jenks, Agnes Blake and others at Nantasket, 1890Taken by J. H. Williams, Nantasket & Norwell, Mass.Tintype.Group photograph of Agnes Jenks, the "Garland girls & Josephine Hosmer & Sadie [Sarny?]."
Box 1Folder 17#277.22
Jenks, Caroline Ellen (b. 1856), between 1864 and
1866Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 17#277.23
Jenks, Caroline Ellen, between 1864 and 1866Taken by Case & Getchell, Boston.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 18#277.24
Jenks, Caroline Ellen, 1870sTintype.
Box 1Folder 19#277.25
Jenks, Caroline Ellen, 1880sTaken by Newell & Dow, Boston.
Box 1Folder 20#277.26
Jenks, Charles William (b. 1848), ca. 1860Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 20#277.27
Jenks, Charles William, ca. 1888Taken by Litchfield, Arlington, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 21#277.28-277.29
Jenks, Craigie P. (b. 1827), 1860sTaken by Faris' Photographic Gallery, New York.Two different poses from the same sitting, hand
tinted.
Box 1Folder 22#277.30
Jenks, Craigie P., 1860sTintype.
Box 1Folder 23#277.31
Jenks, Craigie P., 1871Taken by J. H. Abbott.Tintype.
Box 1Folder 24#277.32
Jenks, Craigie P., 1901Taken by Louis Jacobs, Chicago, Ill.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 25#277.33a-b
Jenks, Edith L. (b. 1885), 1885Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 25#277.34-277.35
Jenks, Edith L., 1887Taken by Putnam, Middleboro, Mass.Cartes de visite, two different poses.
Box 1Folder 26#277.36a-e
Jenks, Edith L., ca. 1894Taken by W. C. Butman, Middleboro, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 27#277.37-277.41
Jenks, Edith L., ca. 1900-1901Five different black and white photographs of Edith L. Jenks and her
horse.
Box 1Folder 28#277.42
Jenks, Edith L., ca. 1905Taken by King, Bridgewater, Mass.Mounted photograph.
Box 1Folder 29#277.43
Jenks, Frederick Angier (b. 1886), 1925Taken by Hotton, Boston, Mass.
Box 1Folder 30#277.44
Jenks, Henry Angier (b. 1882), 1884Taken by George H. Leck, Lawrence, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 31#277.45
Jenks, Henry A., Charles F., and Frederick A.,
1887Taken by Partridge, Boston, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 31#277.46
Jenks, Henry A., Charles F., and Frederick A.,
1889Taken by Partridge, Boston, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 31#277.47
Jenks, Henry A., Charles F., and Frederick A.,
1892Taken by Odin Fritz, Newton, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 32#277.48
Jenks, Henry Fitch, and sons Henry A. and Charles F.,
1884Taken by J. C. Moulton, Fitchburg, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 33#277.49
Jenks, John Henry (1810-1869), 1864Taken by Whipple, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 33#277.50a-b
Jenks, John Henry, 1866Taken by A. Sonrel, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 34#277.42
Jenks, John Henry, ca. 1860Gem tintype mounted in a card.
Box 1Folder 34#277.52
Jenks, John Henry, ca. 1860Gem tintype.
Box 1Folder 35#277.53
Jenks, Joseph (d. 1907), 1860sTaken by Frank Rowell, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 35#277.54a-e
Jenks, Joseph, 1880sTaken by Hastings, Boston, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 36#277.55
Jenks, Lemuel P. (1819-1898), 1874Taken by James W. Turner, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 37#277.56
Jenks, Mary Emily (Lord), 1860sTaken by Frank Rowell, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 37#277.57a-c
Jenks, Mary Emily (Lord), 1880sTaken by Putnam, Middleboro, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 38#277.58
Jenks, Mary Fitch (1846-1921), [ca. 1860-1865]Taken by A. Sonrel, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 38#277.59
Jenks, Mary Fitch, [ca. 1865-1870]Taken by A. Sonrel, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 38#277.60
Jenks, Mary Fitch, [1880s]Taken by James W. Turner, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 38#277.61
Jenks, Mary Fitch, ca. 1900
Box 1Folder 39#277.62
Jenks, Mary Rand (Fitch), (1813-1881), 1860sTaken by Whipple, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 39#277.63
Jenks, Mary Rand (Fitch), 1860sTaken by H. G. Smith, Boston, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 40#277.64
Jenks, Theodore Russell (1801-1883), ca. 1880Taken by Merritt & Wood, Washington, D.C.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 41#277.65-277.69
Jenks, William (1778-1866), 20 Oct. 1860Cartes de visite. Five different poses, all
seated.
Box 2Folder 42#277.70-277.72
Jenks, William, 12 Nov. 1860Taken by Black & Case, Boston.Cartes de visite. Three different poses, all
seated.
Box 2Folder 43#277.73-277.74
Jenks, William, June 1861Taken by Seaver & Kingman, Boston.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 44#277.75
Jenks, William, [1860s]Undated photograph of William Jenks sitting at the dining room table with
his dog Fido.
Box 2Folder 45#277.76-277.77
Lord, Mary A. (Ford), 1907Taken by the Jordan Studio, Boston.Mounted photographs.
Box 2Folder 46#277.78
Merritt, Jerome, 1863Taken by S. Masury, Boston.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 47#277.79
Merritt, Sarah J. (d. 1877), [1864-1866]Taken by S. Masury, Boston.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 48#277.80
Rogers, Ruth, Dec. 1903Taken by Emery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Box 2Folder 49#277.81
Stone, Lucy (1818-1893), ca. 1880Taken by Notman Photographic Co., Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 50#277.82
Wright, "Annie" [Joanna, b. 1854], 1867Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago, Ill.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 50#277.83
[Wright, Annie], ca. 1860Taken by Faris, New York.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 51#277.84
Wright, Lincoln D. (1853-1881), 1858Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 51#277.85
Wright, Lincoln D., 1867Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 52#277.86
Wright, Rose (b. 1851), ca. 1858Taken by J. Carbutt, Chicago.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 52#277.87
Wright, Rose, 1867Taken by S. M. Fassett, Chicago.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 53#277.88-277.90
Unidentified child, [1900s]Three black and white snapshots of a young child posing on rocks in a
wooded setting.
Box 2Folder 54#277.91
Unidentified infant, [1860s]Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 54#277.92
Unidentified child, [1860s]Taken by Marshall, Newton, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 54#277.93
Unidentified child, [1860s]Taken by North, Watertown, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 54#277.94
Unidentified child, [1860s]Taken by Burrell's, Brockton, Mass.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 54#277.95
Unidentified child, [1860s]Taken by W. E. Johns, Lexington, Ky.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 55#277.96
Unidentified infant, undatedTaken by Pach Brothers, Cambridge, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 55#277.97
Unidentified infant, undatedMounted photograph.
Box 2Folder 55#277.98
Unidentified child on rocking horse, undatedTaken by North, Watertown, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 55#277.99
Unidentified child, undatedTaken by Charles N. Denault, Watertown, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 55#277.100
Unidentified girl, Jan. 1886Taken by E. S. Dunshee & Co., Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 56#277.101
Unidentified child, [1860s]Taken by Wing, Boston, Mass.Tintype in card mount, hand-tinted.
Box 2Folder 57#277.102
Unidentified family, [1910-1920?]Black and white snapshot.
Box 2Folder 58#277.103
Unidentified group, [1880s]Albumen photograph of several men and women aboard a carriage pulled by
four horses.
Box 2Folder 59#277.104
Unidentified man, 1894Taken by Hastings, Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 59#277.105
Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]Taken by Brady's National Portrait Galleries, Washington, D.C.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 59#277.106
Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]Taken by Philpot, Springvale, Maine.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 59#277.107
Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]Taken by Hardy, Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 59#277.108
Unidentified man, [1880s or 1890s]Taken by Chickering, Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 60#277.109
Unidentified man in clerical collar and gown,
[1900s]
Box 2Folder 61#277.110
Unidentified young man with glasses, [1900s]
Box 2Folder 82#277.231-232
Unidentified man, [undated]Two photographs, one mounted, of a man with beard on a farm. The mounted photograph is inscribed in ink "Abou Ben Adhem."
Box 2Folder 62#277.111
Unidentified woman seated on porch, undatedCabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 63#277.112
Unidentified woman, "Nannie," [1870s]Taken by A. Hesler, Evanston, Ill.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 63#277.113
Unidentified woman, [1860s]Taken by Faris, New York.Carte de visite.
Box 2Folder 64#277.114
Unidentified woman, [1880s]Taken by George H. Hastings, Newton, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.115
Unidentified woman, [undated]Cabinet photograph of a drawing of an unidentified
woman.
Box 2Folder 64#277.116
Unidentified woman, [undated]Taken by Philpot, Springvale, Maine.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.117
Unidentified woman, [1890s]Taken by William G. Hussey, Salem, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.118
Unidentified woman, [1890s]Taken by Hope, Lansingburgh, N.Y.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.119
Unidentified woman, [1880s]Taken by Pach Brothers, Cambridge, Mass.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.120
Unidentified woman, [1890s]Taken by J. Notman, Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.121
Unidentified woman, [1890s]Taken by Davis & Howard, Boston.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 64#277.122
Unidentified woman, [1890s]Taken by Hope, Lansingburgh, N.Y.Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 65#277.123
Unidentified woman with three dogs, [undated]Snapshot.
Box 2Folder 66#277.124
Unidentified woman, [1860s]Tintype.
Box 2Folder 67#277.125
Unidentified woman, "Aunt Soph," [1870s]Tintype.
Box 2Folder 68#277.126
Unidentified woman, [1890s?]Mounted photograph.
Box 2Folder 68#277.127
Unidentified woman, [1910-1920?]Taken by Fitts.Mounted photograph.
Box 3Folder 81#277.230a/b
Unidentified woman, [ca. 1900]Albumen photographs.
Box 2Folder 69Vol. 1#277.128-277.159
Unidentified tintype album, [1860s]Tintype album produced by Abraham Taber & Brother of New Bedford, Mass., containing 32 tintypes, mostly of unidentified children. There is one tintype of a china doll and an identified tintype of Mary Emily (Lord) Jenks. Some of the tintypes are hand tinted.
Box 2Folder 69Vol. 2#277.160-277.180
Unidentified tintype album, [1860s]Tintype album containing 21 unidentified tintypes, primarily of adults.
II. Views, ca. 1870-1900
Box 2Folder 70#277.181
Unidentified church, Bridgewater, Mass., [1870s]Stereograph view.
Box 2Folder 71#277.182-277.186
William Jenks house, Middleboro, Mass., ca. 1887Mounted photographs.
Box 3Folder 72#277.187
Nathaniel Jenks house, Pawtucket, R.I., [1870s]Stereograph view.
Box 3Folder 73#277.188
Unidentified farmhouse, barn, and silo, undatedFramed snapshot.
Box 3Folder 74#277.189-277.194
Winter scene, unidentified location, undatedBlack and white snapshots.
Box 3Folder 75#277.195
Unidentified house, undated
Box 3Folder 76#277.196-277.220
Travel photographs, [ca. 1900?]Black and white photographs of a trip to England. Shipboard photographs and views of various sites in England, including cathedrals and Stonehenge. Most of the prints have the initials "CRW" on the back, suggesting that this was a trip taken by Cornelia Russell Wright and her family.
Box 3Folder 77#277.221-277.226
Views of English colleges, 1897Small mounted black and white photographs of English colleges taken by an unidentified photographer in July and August of 1897.
Box 3Folder 78#277.227
Paris: Panorama du Trocadero vue prise de la Tour Eiffel,
undated
Box 3Folder 79#277.228
Bark Young Phoenix beset in the ice,
[1888]Mounted photograph.III. Cased photographs, ca. 1845-1861
A. Daguerreotypes, ca. 1845-1855
12 photographsArranged alphabetically.
#1.426#277.233
Bartlett, Lucy C. Jenks (1830-1891), ca.
1845-1850Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.061#277.234
Jenks, Craigie Phillips (b. 1827), ca. 1847-1850Photographer unknown.Quarter-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.180#277.235
Jenks, Craigie Phillips, ca. 1860Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.060#277.236
Jenks, Joseph (1845-1907), ca. 1850-1855Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.427#277.237
Jenks, Mary Harriet (1832-1851), 1850-1851Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.216#277.238
Jenks, William (d. 1917), ca. 1850-1854Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.212#277.239
Jenks, William, ca. 1850-1854Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.063#277.240
Jenks, William Scott, ca. 1855Photographer unknown.Quarter-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.213#277.241
Unidentified man, ca. 1850-1854Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.214#277.242
Unidentified man, ca. 1850-1854Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.215#277.243
Unidentified woman, ca. 1850-1854Photographer unknown.Ninth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
#1.217#277.244
Unidentified woman, ca. 1850-1854Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Daguerreotype Collection (Photo.
Coll. 1).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
B. Ambrotypes, ca. 1861
1 photograph
#2.054#277.245
Wright, Cornelia Hood Jenks and Cornelia Russell Wright, ca.
1861Photographer unknown.Sixth-plate ambrotype in leather case.This photograph is stored separately in the MHS Ambrotype Collection (Photo. Coll.
2).To request this item, follow this link to the MHS catalog and click on the red "Place Request" button.
Preferred Citation
William Jenks family photographs, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Chickering, Elmer, photographer.
Denault, Charles N., photographer.
Jenks family--Photographs.
Jenks, William, 1778-1866--Photographs.
Partridge, A. C. (A. Cheney), photographer.
Rowell, Frank, photographer.
Sonrel, Antoine, -1879, photographer.
Organizations:
Pach Bros. (Cambridge, Mass.), photographer.
Subjects:
Cabinet photographs.
Cartes de visite.
England--Photographs.
Middleboro (Mass.)--Photographs.
Tintypes.
Voyages and travels--Photographs.