Palmer's (C. H.) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnson and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890.

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Title
Palmer's (C. H.) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnson and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890.
Names
Palmer, C. H. (Photographer)
Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

Series VI. Portraits and Pictorial Works

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1890
Place: [Camden, NJ]
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Whitman
Shelf locator: Printed book: (Whitman, W.) env.
Topics
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Notes
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Physical Description
Extent: 1 photograph
12 x 17 cm; damaged and faded. See Ed Folsom, in WW Quarterly Review 4:2 (Fall 1986): "Late 1880s? C. H. Palmer, Camden. Not in Saunders. Courtesy New York Public Library. Supposedly taken in WW's home with some neighbor ladies (one identified as Miss Ida Johnston). Badly damaged photo. Very doubtful attribution."
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520479
MSS Unit ID: 19100
Accession number: 73B6814
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e90569c0-c0af-0130-5aa9-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1890: Created
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Palmer's (C. H.) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnson and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5215c520-a60f-0131-a206-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Palmer's (C. H.) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnson and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5215c520-a60f-0131-a206-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1890). Palmer's (C. H.) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnson and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5215c520-a60f-0131-a206-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

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Palmer's (C. H.) Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery. Photograph of Walt Whitman, Ida Johnson and an unidentified neighbor, ca. 1890.