This collection is composed of photographs taken from two albums. The first album appears to depict members of the Harris family, with the textual matter folder of materials found in that album including a page that states, “Presented to Jane/Janie Harris by her Father as a Christmas Gift, December 25th, 1886” and a newspaper clipping about Evangelist pastors speaking in Baltimore. The second album is about the Thornburg (sometimes spelled Thornburgh) family. Photographs are primarily portraits in the cabinet card format and mounted on board, with only a few group portraits. There are five tintypes in the collection.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Thornburg Family Photographs. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Thornburg Family Photographs.
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Minnie (Thornburgh?)
T. A. Morgan
Minnie (Thornburgh?), b&w. Handwritten notes appear to be Minnie and Miss Minnie.
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D. S. Thornburgh
D. S. Thornburgh, col. Handwritten on backprint says "D. S. Thornburgh" backprint states Tappan was on the Rodgers Block, Main St., Wheeling.
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Two unidentified males
Two unidentified males, col. Front reads: G. W. Kirk, photo, xxxx Third Avenue, Huntington, W.Va.
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Unidentified female
Unidentified female, b&w. Backprint says Davis was located at 248 Kanawha Street, Charleston, W.va.
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Unidentified female
Unidentified female, b&w. Backprint says Peppel was at 2nd Avenue in Hinton, W.Va.
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Unidentified girl
Unidentified girl, col. Humphreys was evidently one of the older Huntington photographers, being in business in 1891-1892.
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Unidentified males
Unidentified male, col. This is a later partnership of Humphreys and S. V. Matthews.
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Unidentified young girl
Unidentified young girl, col. Humphreys was evidently one of the older Huntington photographers, being in business in 1891-1892.
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Anna Thornburgh, wife of John N. Thornburgh
T. H. Higgins
Anna Thornburgh, wife of John N. Thornburgh, col. Handwritten on backprint says "David Thornburgh from DMT" backprint states Higgins Photographic and Art Studio was at 42 Twelfth St, Wheeling backprint reads "copyright 1889".
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John N. Thornburgh
T. H. Higgins
John N. Thornburgh, col. Handwritten on backprint says "your nephew John N. Thornburgh" backprint states Higgins was at 42 Twelfth St., Wheeling.
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Thornburgh residence, Elm Grove, W.Va., 1889
Thornburgh Brothers residence, Elm Grove, W.Va., 1889, b&w mounted on cardboard. Back reads: Thornburgh Bros Residence, Elm Grove, W.Va. Nov. 1889 Elm Grove was a suburb of Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va.
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David Thornburgh
T. H. Higgins
David Thornburgh, col. Handwritten on backprint says "David Thornburgh from DMT" backprint states Higgins Photographic and Art Studio was at 42 Twelfth St, Wheeling backprint reads "copyright 1889".
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Oanah Thornburgh
T. H. Higgins
Oanah(?) Thornburgh, col. Handwritten on backprint says "Oanah(?) M. Thornburgh, from DMT" backprint states Higgins Photographic and Art Studio was at 42 Twelfth St, Wheeling backprint reads "copyright 1889".
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Memorial remembrance card of John W. Thornburg
Memorial remembrance card of John W. Thornburg, col. This card is from an unidentifed Huntington photographer.
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D. M. Thornburgh, 1883
D. M. Thornburgh, Elm Grove, W.Va., Feb. 1883, col. Handwritten on backprint says "David Thornburgh from DMT" backprint states Higgins Photographic and Art Studio was at 42 Twelfth St, Wheeling backprint reads "copyright 1889".
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Unidentified child
Unidentified child, b&w. Backprint reads D. E. Abgbott, photographer, Opera Block, Huntington, W.Va.
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Mollie (Thornburgh?)
W. H. Whitehead
Mollie (Thornburgh?), col. Handwritten note on front reads "From Mollie to Maggie".
