Photograph
Samuel Foster Haven, Anthropologist
| Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881), Massachusetts anthropologist, librarian, and archaeologist. Haven is best known as the librarian for the American Antiquarian Society from 1838 onward, a position he held for over 40 years. While in that position, he collected important artifacts from the founding of American civilization, most importantly from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Handwritten inscription on the bottom reads, "S.F. Haven, 1866." |
| Image ID: | 47654 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1865 |
| Creator Name: | Claflin's Photographic Gallery |
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| Collection Name: | Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875 : Increase A. Lapham papers, 1825-1930 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 24 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.5 x 4 inches |
| Photographer's credit on back reads, "Claflin's Photographic Gallery, 229 Main Street, Worcester, . . Mass." Handwritten inscription on back reads, "Phot. of Sam F. Haven, Lib. Am. Ant. Soc. 1865." From album of portrait photographs collected by Lapham depicting scientists and artists, ca. 1860-ca. 1875. Images include portraits of geologists, botanists, sculptors, and authors. The photograph was sent to Lapham with a letter from S.F. Haven on September 27, 1865 [see Lapham papers box 10, folder 2] |
| Associations, institutions, etc. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Antiquities |
| Archaeology |
| Ephemera |
| Beards |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Portrait photography |
| Librarians |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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