On View
Not on viewJohn Garrison
Date1850-1860s
Terms
- Ambrotypes
- Brass
- Photograph
- Ambrotype
- Leather
Dimensions8.88 × 8.25 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn Garrison, ambrotype, Massachusetts, 1850-1860s. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis; Pi1108.
Object numberPI1108
DescriptionAmbrotype of John Garrison (1815-1872), son of Concord resident Jack Garrison. Embossed leather case (one half missing), brass hooks for closure. Brass frame, scalloped edge. No glass. Image of an African-American (black) man. White hair, dark jacket and waistcoast, white shirt and dark necktie. He appears to be holding a walking stick, the top curve of which is just visible above the brass frame.John Garrison was a resident of the Robbins House in Concord, Mass. He was among the first people of African descent to be elected as First Parish tythingman and Surveyor of Highways.
Collections
- Photographs
