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Clayton-Evans Family Photograph Collection, PP261
Finding Aid to the Clayton-Evans Family Photograph Collection, PP261
H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society
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Collection summary
Title | Clayton-Evans Family Photograph Collection |
Call number | PP261 |
Inclusive dates | Ca 1850s – ca 1902 |
Extent | 2 boxes |
Abstract | This collection consists of 52 photographs related to the Clayton-Evans families of Eastern Maryland and Northern Delaware. |
Administrative summary
Repository | H. Furlong Baldwin Library Maryland Historical Society 201 W. Monument St. Baltimore, MD 21218 |
Access restrictions | Open to the public without restrictions. |
Use restrictions | For information about how to purchase digital reproductions and for permission information, please visit the Rights and Reproductions page. |
Provenance | Gift of Barbara C. Rex, Rex family, 1999 |
Accession number | 2012-146-LIB |
Processing note | Processed by Damon Talbot, March 2017 |
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Biographical Note
The Clayton-Evans family lived scattered across the Maryland-Delaware state line. The family held strong military traditions with their most famous member Amos Alexander Evans serving as the Surgeon General aboard the USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
Scope and Content
The Clayton-Evans Family Photograph Collection consists of two boxes of 52 photographs of members of the Clayton-Evans family, dating ca 1850s – ca 1902. There are also some photographs of the U.S.S. Constitution in Boston. The images include cased photographs – daguerreotypes and ambrotypes or tintypes – matted prints, carte de visites, and cabinet cards.
Container List
Description | Date | Photographer | Format | Image ID | Box |
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B.L. Brocke | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.01 | Box 1 |
Mary Brocke | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.02 | Box 1 |
M.B. Brocke | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.03 | Box 1 |
J.N. Brown | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.04 | Box 1 |
John W. Brown | not dated | Unidentified | Ambrotype [case can't be opened] | PP261.05 | Box 1 |
Mary Evans Clayton (married James White Clayton) | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.06 | Box 1 |
Mary Evans Clayton or Barbara L. Clayton [?] | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.07 | Box 1 |
Mother of Helen Brown Clayton | not dated | Unidentified | Cased Photograph (print) | PP261.08 | Box 1 |
Mrs. John L. Clayton | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.09 | Box 1 |
Unidentified man | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.10 | Box 1 |
Unidentified man [Damaged - fragile] | not dated | Unidentified | Ambrotype or tintype | PP261.11 | Box 1 |
Unidentified man | not dated | Unidentified | Framed Carte de Visite | PP261.12 | Box 1 |
Unidentified woman | not dated | Unidentified | Ambrotype or tintype | PP261.13 | Box 1 |
Unidentified woman | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.14 | Box 1 |
Unidentified woman | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.15 | Box 1 |
Unidentified boys [Damaged - fragile] | not dated | Unidentified | Ambrotype or tintype | PP261.16 | Box 1 |
Unidentified Children [Damaged - fragile] | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.17 | Box 1 |
Ann Lowe, nurse for Paul [Clayton?] | ca 1894-1901 | Mrs. William C. (Dora) Russell, Baltimore | Cabinet Card | PP261.18 | Box 2 |
Dr. Henry K. Oliver of Boston, Massachusetts, Uncle of Mary Evans (Clayton) | before 1902 | Unidentified | Cabinet Card | PP261.19 | Box 2 |
Helen Brown Clayton and Daughter Mary (grandmother to T. & B. Rex) | not dated | Phillip's, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.20 | Box 2 |
Alexander Evans | ca 1880s - 1890s | N.H. Busey, Baltimore | Cabinet Card | PP261.21 | Box 2 |
A. W. Evans | ca 1864 - 1872 | Bendann Bros, Baltimore | Carte de Visite | PP261.22 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton taken the day he was four months old | ca 1864 - 1872 | Bendann Bros, Baltimore | Carte de Visite | PP261.23 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton (child) | ca 1864 - 1870s | Frederick & O'Neill, New York | Carte de Visite | PP261.24 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton | ca 1880s | Korning, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.25 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton | ca 1882-1886 | Blessing & Kuhn, Baltimore | Cabinet Card | PP261.26 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton | ca 1882-1886 | Blessing & Kuhn, Baltimore | Cabinet Card | PP261.27 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton | after 1886 | Gehrig and Windeatt, Chicago | Cabinet Card | PP261.28 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton | after 1886 | Gehrig and Windeatt, Chicago | Cabinet Card | PP261.29 | Box 2 |
Paul Clayton | after 1886 | Gehrig and Windeatt, Chicago | Cabinet Card | PP261.30 | Box 2 |
James W. Clayton | ca 1870s - 1890 | N.H. Busey, Baltimore | Carte de Visite | PP261.31 | Box 2 |
Dr. A. A. Evans, grandfather of Paul Clayton | not dated | Brady, Washington | Carte de Visite | PP261.32 | Box 2 |
Dr. A. A. Evans, grandfather of Paul Clayton | not dated | J.W. Knight, Elkton, MD | Cabinet Card | PP261.33 | Box 2 |
Dr. A. A. Evans, grandfather of Paul Clayton | not dated | J. Paul Brown, Wilmington, DE | Cabinet Card | PP261.34 | Box 2 |
E.M. Clayton, grandmother of Paul Clayton | ca 1882-1883 | Clinedinst, Baltimore | Cabinet Card | PP261.35 | Box 2 |
Mary Evans, grandmother of Paul Clayton, died July 13, 1875 | ca 1873-1874 | N.H. Busey, Baltimore | Cabinet Card | PP261.36 | Box 2 |
Mrs. Helen Clayton and baby, x-mas 1895 (Helen Brown Clayton and Mary Clayton (Earle) | 1895 | Phillip's, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.37 | Box 2 |
Mrs. Helen Clayton and baby, x-mas 1895 (Helen Brown Clayton and Mary Clayton (Earle) | 1895 | Phillip's, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.38 | Box 2 |
Helen Brown Clayton and daughter Barbara on shipboard to Europe | ca 1890s | Unidentified | Matted print | PP261.39 | Box 2 |
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, Ellen, Julius and Paul | ca 1890s | Scott, Chicago | Cabinet Card | PP261.40 | Box 2 |
Mary Clayton (Earle) | ca late 1880s, early 1890s | Phillip's, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.41 | Box 2 |
Mary Clayton (Earle) | ca late 1880s, early 1890s | Phillip's, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.42 | Box 2 |
Mary Clayton (Earle) | ca late 1880s, early 1890s | Phillip's, Philadelphia | Cabinet Card | PP261.43 | Box 2 |
Mary Clayton (Earle) and dog | ca late 1880s, early 1890s | Unidentified | Matted print | PP261.44 | Box 2 |
Paul Brown | not dated | L. Alman & Co., New York | Matted print | PP261.45 | Box 2 |
Unidentified man | 1880s | Gilbert and Bacon, Philadelphia | Boudoir Card | PP261.46 | Box 2 |
U.S.S. Constitution [includes note] | 1904 - 1905 | Dr. H.K. Oliver | Prints | PP261.47 - .50 | Box 2 |
Dr. A. A. Evans, grandfather of Paul Clayton | not dated | Unidentified | Framed print | PP261.51 | Box 2 |
Unidentified boys [Damaged - fragile] | ca 1850s - 1860s | Unidentified | Daguerreotype | PP261.52 | Box 2 |
