Details
Title

May Wellman collection

Date

[1870-1919]

Call Number

BHS 111

Contents

239 photographs
1 oversize folder.

Description

This collection contains 239 photographs of the Wellman family, their children and grandchildren and acquaintances. The large album in Box 1 contains 22 portraits, 5 of which are identified; it has a worn brown leather cover with embossed flowers; its brass clasp is broken. Box 1 also contains a "Gem Album" of 42 gem tintypes and cartes de visite; it has a worn maroon cloth cover. Two of the tintypes are identified; both are of May Wellman. Box 1 also contains 9 photoprints. Box 2 contains 90 photos: a view of the Wellman farmhouse and 85 unidentified portraits organized by subject, namely the costumes of children, couples, groups, men, women and wedding parties. Box 3 contains 76 identified portraits arranged by family name.

History

The Wellman brothers Luther, Henry and Sylvanus moved to Boulder from Pennsylvania in July 1859, and began farming. [ Phyllis Smith, A Look at Boulder, p. 20.] Sylvanus was the father of May Wellman, who was also called Mary. The Wellman family established the first wheat farm in Colorado.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Photographs.

Author

Lunsford, Ada B.

Donor

Eastman, May (Mary L.) 1876-

Subjects

Wellman family
Eastman, May (Mary L. Wellman), 1876-1934
Eastman, Charles B, 1871-1931
Photography--Colorado--Boulder--Portraits
Wedding photography
Photograph albums
Children--Photographs
Families--Photographs
Men--Photographs
Women--Photographs
Infants--Photographs
Clothing and dress
Boulder (Colo.)--Biography--Pictorial works

Acquisition Note

Donor: Ada B. (Mrs. J. A.) Lunsford 800 Grant Pl., Boulder, CO. Gift [ca. 1959]

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

May Wellman gem portrait album
May Wellman gem portrait album
Call Number 111-1-1
Date [1870-1879]
Contents 42 photographs.
Description This album contains 42 photos (41 tintypes and 1 photoprint) . Two of the tintypes are identified: both are of May Wellman. The little album has a rust-colored cloth cover; the edges of the pages are red. The following writing (in several different hands) appears inside the front cover: "May Wellman / Mother of / Ada Lunsford, 800 Grant Place."

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Woman's oval portrait
Woman's oval portrait
Call Number 111-1-2
Date [1870-1890]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description This envelope contains a glass oval portrait of a woman in a large black dress seated in a red plush chair at a red-draped table. The portrait is in a soft velveteen frame, the back of which reads "Miss Evelyn Wolcott." It seems likely that Miss Wolcott was the donor, not the subject of this portrait.

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Three tintypes
Three tintypes
Call Number 111-1-3
Date [1870-1890]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description This envelope contains three tintypes. None of the subjects are identified. They depict an infant, a young woman standing by a cement post, and two seated women.

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May Wellman photographs
May Wellman photographs
Call Number 111-1-4
Date [1870]-1910
Contents 5 photographs.
Description This envelope contains five assorted photoprints, including one cyanotype of a lake with mountains behind, a faded print of Mary Lucinda Wellman and Charles B. Eastman on their wedding day 12 June 1901, a portrait of Etta Reihle from Mrs. Henry Reihle, a photo of 4 male musicians photographed by the Cooper studio in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and an unidentified photoprint of a school teacher and her young students standing outside of their schoolhouse.

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May Wellman portrait album
May Wellman portrait album
Call Number 111-1-5
Date [1880-1899]
Contents 22 photographs.
Description This album contains twenty-two photographs, size 5 x 7", 5 of which are partially identified. The album has a worn brown leather cover with embossed flowers. Its brass clasp is broken and the spine is torn off.

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Sylvanus Wellman farmhouse
Sylvanus Wellman farmhouse
Call Number 111-2-1
Date [1890]
Contents 6 photographs (1 view).

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Children photographs
Children photographs
Call Number 111-2-(2-3)-PHOTO
Date [1870-1919]
Contents 27 photographs.
Description These two envelopes contain 27 studio portraits (26 views) of unidentified children, ca. 1870s-1910s. The photographs were taken by studios in Illinois, Michigan, Ontario, Minnesota and elsewhere. Apparently, the children were relatives or friends of the pioneer Wellman family of Boulder, Colorado. The photos are useful for studying children's clothing and hairstyles of the period.

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Couples photographs
Couples photographs
Call Number 111-2-4
Date [1870-1919]
Contents 11 photographs.
Description This envelope contains 11 studio photographs (11 views) of unidentified couples, ca. 1870s-1910s. The photographs were taken by studios in Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, and in Denver, Colorado. Apparently, the coupleds were relatives or friends of the pioneer Wellman family of Boulder, Colorado. The photos are useful for studying clothing and hairstyles.

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Groups photographs
Groups photographs
Call Number 111-2-5
Date [1870-1919]
Contents 4 photographs.
Description This envelope contains 4 studio portraits (4 views) of groups of unidentified adults, ca. 1870s-1910s. The photographs were taken by studios in Ontario, Michigan and possibly elsewhere. They are useful for studying clothing and hairstyles of the time. Apparently, the adults were friends or relatives of the pioneer Wellman family of Boulder, Colorado.

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Men photographs
Men photographs
Call Number 111-2-6
Date [1870-1919]
Contents 11 photographs.
Description This envelope contains 11 studio portraits (11 views) of unidentified men, ca. 1870s-1910s. The photographs were taken by studios in New York, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, and in Boulder and Denver, Colorado, and elsewhere. They are useful for studying men's clothing and hairstyles during the period. Apparently, the men were relatives or friends of the pioneer Wellman family of Boulder, Colorado.

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Women photographs
Women photographs
Call Number 111-2-(7-8)-PHOTO
Date [1870-1919]
Contents 24 photographs.
Description These two envelopes contain 24 studio portraits of unidentified women, ca. 1870s-1910s. The photographs were taken by studios in Michigan, Illinois, California, Nebraska, Indiana, New York, Boulder, Colorado, and elsewhere. They are useful for studying the costume of women in this period. The women apparently were friends or relatives of the pioneer Wellman family of Boulder, Colorado.

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Weddings photographs
Weddings photographs
Call Number 111-2-9
Date [1870-1919]
Contents 8 photographs.
Description This envelope contains 8 photos of unidentified men and women in wedding garb, ca. 1870s-1910s. The photographs were taken by studios in Denver, Minneapolis, Iowa and elsewhere. The photos are useful for studying clothing and hairstyles of the period.

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