Cynthia Coryell Howard Holding Her Daughter, Letitia, 1865-1866

Summary

Alonson Howard, Jr., a doctor practicing medicine in Tekonsha Township, Michigan, married his second wife, Cynthia Coryell Edmunds, in August 1858. Dr. Howard's first wife had passed away a year earlier. Cynthia became a caring stepmother to Alonson's two sons, and the couple would have four children of their own. This photograph shows Cynthia holding Letitia Elizabeth Howard, the couple's first daughter.

Alonson Howard, Jr., a doctor practicing medicine in Tekonsha Township, Michigan, married his second wife, Cynthia Coryell Edmunds, in August 1858. Dr. Howard's first wife had passed away a year earlier. Cynthia became a caring stepmother to Alonson's two sons, and the couple would have four children of their own. This photograph shows Cynthia holding Letitia Elizabeth Howard, the couple's first daughter.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1865-1866

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.699

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.00 in

Width: 8.00 in

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