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Sanford family photos, 1813-1850s

By mchughck
Posted on 10 February 2014 | 10:35 am — 

Some of the oldest items in the Gertrude Sanford Legendre papers are daguerreotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, and sketches created in the early 19th century. Daguerreotypes and tintypes represent some of the earliest known versions of photography, and were used primarily from the 1840s-1870s.

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Unknown painting, September 28th, 1813

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Shown with pencil for scale

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Sarah Jane Cochran Sanford (Gertrude’s paternal grandmother) cabinet card

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Stephen Sanford (Gertrude’s paternal grandfather), undated

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Tintype image case

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Leather tintype image case

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Ethel Sanford (Gertrude’s mother), undated (mid 1800s)

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Ethel Sanford, undated (mid 1800s)

 

 

Gertrude’s childhood and siblings

By mchughck
Posted on 4 February 2014 | 9:59 am — 

Gertrude was born in 1902 in Aiken, SC, into a family with two older siblings, Sara Jane “Janie” Sanford and Stephen “Laddie” Sanford. Below are a two scrapbook pages from the children’s early years.

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Aiken, 1913

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Aiken and Atlantic City, early 1900s

 

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