Fort Family Photo Album, ca. 1915-1925

Item — Container: Assorted Photograph Collections, Box 3, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The “Photographs” series, which dates approximately from 1880s to the 1940s, includes a number of photographs that depict the Fort Family in both their casual life and official portraits of both close and distant members of the family. In addition to photographs of the Forts, this series also contains photographs of the Fleming’s home life, a scrapbook of candid and staged photographs, portraits of cousins of the Forts, and seemingly staged photographs produced by a photo studio in Clarksville, Tennessee. Some of the subjects and locations depicted are identifiable and have been annotated as such, but many subjects and locations in these photographs have not yet been identified. Some pictures that are of particular interest in this series are the photographs of the Smith-Trahern Mansion before its total restoration, and the photographs portray the disrepair the building was in when it was purchased by the Trahern family.

Dates

ca. 1915-1925

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 6.004 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Scrapbook style collection of photographs with at least two photographs per page. Photographs are pasted on eleven black paper sheets and some are captioned with silver ink. Although some of the photographs are identifed with a given name, it is unclear if any of the individuals pictured are members of the Fort or Fleming families. All photographs taken circa 1915-1925.