Bessie Thompson Teal photograph album

Collection

Identifier: Album 339

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Album containing 12 card photographs, 11 black and white and 1 hand-colored, circa 1869-1900. Nearly all the photographs are studio portraits depicting Bessie Thompson Teal (nee Bessie M. Thompson) at various ages, from 2 to her late 30s. The album includes one portrait of an unidentified child. Also in the collection are two loose items: a small cartoon of three figures, with the handwritten inscription "Love from Genevieve / Paris"; and a handwritten note with biographical details about Bessie Thompson Teal.

Dates

Creation: circa 1869-1900

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Bessie Thompson Teal (1867-1943) was the daughter of Oregon politician David P. Thompson (1834-1901) and his wife, Mary Meldrum Thompson (1842-1938). She married Portland, Oregon attorney Joseph Nathan Teal (1858-1929), with whom she had a daughter, Ruth (1895-1955).

Extent

0.3 Cubic Feet (1 card file box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Album containing 12 card photographs, nearly all of which are studio portraits of Bessie Thompson Teal (1867-1943) at various ages, from 2 to her late 30s. Teal was the daughter of Oregon politician David P. Thompson and Mary Meldrum Thompson.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Probably gift of Audrey Teal Betts or her estate (Lib. Acc. 13623, 22269 or 12031).

Related Materials

Related materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library include the Thompson and Teal family papers, Coll 168; the David P. Thompson family photograph album, Album 455; and a daguerreotype of Bessie Thompson Teal at age four in the cased photographs collection, Org. Lot 1414. The daguerreotype has been digitized and is available online in OHS Digital Collections.