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Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of John Eliot Bowen, L. Alman, 172 5th Avenue, New York and Newport, Rhode Island

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

undated

Location Note

Bowen Family Papers / Box 05: Folder 40

GUSN

GUSN-196255

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Description

John Eliot Bowen was the son of Henry Chandler Bowen and Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen. In 1886 Bowen received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was employed as managing editor of "The Independent," the religion and anti-slavery journal founded by his father. He died of typhoid fever in 1890, two days before he was to be married.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
editors
men (male humans)
cabinet photographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001315
AccessID 2043
Other identifier HNEDID-001315

Physical Description

1 cabinet photograph

Collection Code

MS006

Collection Name

Bowen family papers

Reference Code

MS006.03.01.13.001

Places

New York City (New York state)
Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
Woodstock (Windham county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

Alman, L. (Photographer)

Material Type

cabinet photographs
photographs

Other People

Bowen, John Eliot, 1858-1890

Other Organizations

Bowen family
Historic New England (Organization)

Subjects

Historic New England properties
Antislavery movements

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1848-1928). Independent. New York; Boston: S.W. Benedict.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Bowen Family Papers / Box 05: Folder 40

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