ELLEN LOUISE ADAMS:

An Inventory of Her Family Portrait and Photograph Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Creator:Ellen Louise Adams, compiler.
Title:Ellen Louise Adams and family portrait and photograph collection.
Dates:approximately 1893-approximately 1933
Abstract:Images of Ellen Louise Adams, her mother, aunts, father, grandfather, and sister including studio portraits and views from family farm, hiking and graduation.
Quantity:29 photographs : black and white ; 6.25 x 5.5 in. and smaller.
Location:I.491 : See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Ellen Louise Adams and Family Portrait and Photograph Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV1992.206

Processing Information:

Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, July 2017

Catalog ID number: 8882816


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Collection I.491.1Studio portrait of Lottie, Hattie, Edith, Ada and Jennie Mills, approximately 1893. 1 carte-de-visite, black and white, 5.5 x 4 inches (photoprint).
Studio portrait of Lottie, Hattie, Edith, Ada and Jennie Mills.Digital version
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Collection I.491.2Studio wedding portrait of Jennie (Mills) Adams and Addison Mott Adams, approximately January 1, 1895. 1 carte-de-visite, black and white, 5.5 x 4 inches (photoprint).
Studio wedding portrait of Jennie (Mills) Adams and Addison Mott Adams.Digital version
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Collection I.491.3Hattie and Edith Mills, approximately 1901. 1 photograph, black and white, 3.5 x 4.5 inches.
Hattie and Edith Mills.Digital version
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Collection I.491.4Adams and Mills girls, approximately 1901. 1 photograph, black and white, 3.5 x 4.5 inches.
Adams and Mills girls.Digital version
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Collection I.491.5Grandpa Adams, snowstorm on the old farm, approximately 1905. 1 photograph, black and white, 4 x 5 inches.
Grandpa Adams, snowstorm on the old farm.Digital version
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Collection I.491.6Hattie Mills, Nellie Adams, Ruth Adams, and Clara Adams, 1906. 1 photograph, black and white, 4 x 5 inches.
Hattie Mills, Nellie Adams, Ruth Adams, and Clara Adams.Digital version
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Collection I.491.7Grandpa Adams and Ellen, Fourth of July at Granpa Adams's home, July 4, 1907. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.75 x 3.75 inches (photoprint), 6.25 x 5.5 inches (mount).
Grandpa Adams and Ellen, Fourth of July at Granpa Adams's home.Digital version
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Collection I.491.8Ellen Louise Adams with with pet dog Rover, approximately 1910. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.75 x 4 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams with with pet dog Rover.Digital version
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Collection I.491.9Esther and Ellen Louise Adams with pet dog Rover, approximately 1910. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.75 x 4 inches.
Esther and Ellen Louise Adams with pet dog Rover.Digital version
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Collection I.491.10Esther Adams feeding chickens, approximately 1910. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.75 x 4 inches.
Esther Adams feeding chickens.Digital version
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Collection I.491.11Esther and Ellen Louise Adams with pet cow Honor, approximately 1910. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.75 x 4 inches.
Esther and Ellen Louise Adams with pet cow Honor.Digital version
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Collection I.491.12Esther and Ellen Louise Adams with Dolly horse, approximately 1910. 1 photograph, black and white, 4 x 4.75 inches.
Esther and Ellen Louise Adams with Dolly horse.Digital version
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Collection I.491.13Portrait of Ellen Louise Adams as a young woman, 1918. 1 photograph, black and white, 6 x 2 inches.
Portrait of Ellen Louise Adams as a young woman.Digital version
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Collection I.491.14Ellen Louise Adams with hiking group, approximately 1920. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.5 x 4.25 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams with hiking group.Digital version
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Collection I.491.15Ellen Louise Adams with two others, approximately 1920. 1 photograph, black and white, 3.5 x 2.5 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams with two others.Digital version
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Collection I.491.16Ellen Louise Adams sticking feet in water, approximately 1920. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.25 x 2.75 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams sticking feet in water.Digital version
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Collection I.491.17Ellen Louise Adams posing with fan, approximately 1920. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.5 x 2.75 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams posing with fan.Digital version
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Collection I.491.18Two women dressed as man and a bride, approximately 1920. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.25 x 2.75 inches.
Two women dressed as man and a bride.Digital version
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Collection I.491.19Ellen Louise Adams posing with mirror and powder, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 4.5 x 2.75 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams posing with mirror and powder.Digital version
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Collection I.491.20Ellen with three women sitting and standing on a bed, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Ellen with three women sitting and standing on a bed.Digital version
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Collection I.491.21Two women posed with umbrella sitting on a bed, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Two women posed with umbrella sitting on a bed.Digital version
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Collection I.491.22Ellen with a woman sitting on a bed, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Ellen with a woman sitting on a bed.Digital version
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Collection I.491.23Woman doing the hair of another woman with a mirror, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Woman doing the hair of another woman with a mirror.Digital version
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Collection I.491.24Ellen Louise Adams with three women sitting on bed, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams with three women sitting on bed. .Digital version
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Collection I.491.25Ellen Louise Adams with three women sitting on bed, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams with three women sitting on bed. .Digital version
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Collection I.491.26Three women sitting on bed, approximately 1923. 1 photograph, black and white, 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
Three women sitting on bed.Digital version
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Collection I.491.27Set of four portraits of Ellen Louise Adams, approximately 1926. 1 photograph, black and white, 4 x 3 inches.
Set of four portraits of Ellen Louise Adams.Digital version
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Collection I.491.28Set of four portraits of Ellen Louise Adams, approximately 1926. 1 photograph, black and white, 1.5 x 5.5 inches.
Set of four portraits of Ellen Louise Adams.Digital version
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Collection I.491.29Ellen Louise Adams in graduation gown and hood, approximately 1933. 1 photograph, black and white, 3.5 x 2.5 inches.
Ellen Louise Adams in graduation gown and hood.Digital version

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Adams family.
Topics:
Families -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Portrait photography -- Photographs.
Document Types:
Carte-de-visite (card photographs).
Photographs.
Portraits.

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