Tag Archives: Family
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2.51. Grace Sprague, Carroll Aubin Miller, Claribel Miller, Jean Haley, Alfarata Miller, Viola Sprague.
Posted on March 7, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Grace Sprague, Carroll Aubin Miller, Claribel Miller, Jena Haley, Alfarata Miller, Viola Sprague. Album 2. Page 51. This is one of the rare snapshots included in the Chapman albums. Also rare is the setting, outdoors in North Adams, Massachusetts where Arabella and Charles Miller lived with their children in the early years of their family. This […]
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2.49. Pleasure Island.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Pleasure Island. Tintype. Album 2. Page 49. Here is one of the rare family group shots included in the Chapman albums. Its caption notes that the figures include “Ma Miller,” Arabella herself seated next to her sister Harriet Alfarata Chapman. At their feet are Arabella’s children: (l. to r. Claribel, Harriet Alfarata, and Carroll Aubin . The upper […]
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2.37. John R. Chapman
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.John R. Chapman. Tintpe. Pictured here alone, John R. Chapman was Arabella’s father. The handwritten caption reads “Grandpa Chapman,” like added by Arabella’s daughter, Alfarata.
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2.32. Charles Chapman.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Charles Chapman. Tintype. Album 2. Page 32. Captioned “Baby Charlie,” the tintype depicts Arabella’s brother Charles as a child.
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2.31. Harriet Alfarata Miller.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Harriet Alfarata Miller. Pearl Cabinet. CDV. Album 2. Page 31. Harriet Alfarata Miller was the third child of Arabella and Clarence Miller.
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2.30. Arabella Chapman.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Arabella Chapman. Tintype. Album 2. Page 30. On verso, 2 cent stamp circa 1864, called with name of photo studio “Radley & Van Derzee, 51 State St.”
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2.29. Harriet Chapman.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Harriet Chapman. Tintype.
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2.27. Claribel Miller.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Claribel Miller. Tintype. Album 2. Page 27. Claribel Miller, photographed here as an infant, was the oldest child of Arabella Chapman Miller and Clarence B. Miller. Here name grew out of the combination of her father’s name, Clarence, and her mother’s nickname, Belle. Born in Albany, Claribel died while the family was living in North Adams […]
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2.26. John Chapman Jr., John Chapman Sr., William Brent
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.John T. Chapman, John R. Chapman, Mr. Brent. Tintype.
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2.23. William Chapman.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.William Chapman. Tintype. Album 2. Page 23. Verso includes a 2 cent stamp circa 1864, cancelled with name of Albany, NY photo studio, “Radley & Van Derzee, 51 State St.,” William Chapman was Arabella’s older brother. He is picture here as a boy, a companion photo to this early portrait of Arabella. While Arabella’s portrait is […]
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