Scope and Content Note:

The collection contains tintypes, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite and photographs chiefly from studios in Staunton, Va. Studios in Bridgewater, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, and Richmond are also represented. Among the few identified subjects are Friends at Olivet Church, Staunton, Va.; D[avid] V. Ruckman Home, Long Glade, Va.; William Bedford Campbell, David Van Meter Ruckman, II, children of Uncle Glen Ruckman, Pauline Ruckman, James Buxton Perry, Sam Ruckman, Glen Huston Byrd, Anne Irvine, Mrs. Rod Dudley. Of interest are interiors of an unidentified Victorian home, outdoor scenes of cattle, and a studio portrait of four fashionably dressed girls eating bananas.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• cabinet photographs
• cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
• photographs
• tintypes (prints)