Alice C. Nelson Cyanotype Photo Album

The Alice C. Nelson Cyanotype Photo Album serves as example of early photographic cyanotype process. The album cover reads (blue ink handwriting), "Alice C. Nelson from L.H. | Three of our Plainfield Friends. | March 28-1899." Photographs seem to have been compiled retrospectively in the months before. They depict three young cats, the interior of a home, a dog named Nero and his "mistress", Barton Lake, Morgan Vermont Lakeshore and camp, men and women, and notably featuring images of "L.H. and Alice Nelson, June 18, 1898, and "Grandpa Dean Patterson, taken on his birthday, Feb. 28, 1899, Age 80 (school house)."

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Alice C. Nelson

Photo album serves as example of early photographic cyanotype process. The album cover reads (blue ink handwriting), "Alice C. Nelson from L.H. | Three of our Plainfield Friends. | March 28-1899." Photographs seem to have been compiled retrospectively months before its compilation. They depict three young cats, the interior of a home, a dog named Nero and his "mistress", Barton Lake, Morgan Vermont Lake shore and camp, men and women, and notably "L.H. andAlicia Nelson, June 18, 1898, and "Grandpa Dean Patterson, taken on his birthday, Feb. 28, 1899, Age 80 (school house)."
[Cover] Photograph of three cats

Alice C. Nelson

The photo album cover reads (blue ink handwriting), "Alice C. Nelson from L.H. | Three of our Plainfield Friends. | March 28-1899."
Photograph of an older gentleman next to a school house on a snowy day

Alice C. Nelson

"Grandpa Dean Patterson taken on his birthday Feb. 28, 1899 age 80 / School House"
Photograph of a sitting room

Alice C. Nelson

"Corner of sitting room". A lounge sofa, side table, a rocking chair, and an small ottoman can be seen.
Photograph of dining room through doorway

Alice C. Nelson

"Sitting room looking into dining room". A piano and a small side table with a painted gas lamp can be seen in the foreground. In the background, through a doorway, is a dining table with a hanging kerosene gas lamp above.
Photograph of Nero [dog standing in snow]

Alice C. Nelson

"Nero!" The dog is standing facing the camera surrounded by scenery blanketed in snow. A home and utility lines can be seen in the background.
Photograph of two young women [L.H and Alice C. Nelson]

Alice C. Nelson

"June 18, 1899. L. H., Alice Nelson". Two young women posing on a wooden bridge in Victorian style dresses. Alice is posing with an umbrella. A row of homes on a small hill can be seen in the background.
[Back cover] Alice C. Nelson photo album

Alice. C. Nelson
Photograph of a couple dressed in Victorian style and a dog out in the snow

Alice. C. Nelson

"Mr. and Mrs. Gains. Nero would shake hands with his mistress. Essex Junction"
Photograph of two men and a dog on top of a rock at lake in Morgan, Vermont

Alice. C. Nelson

"Morgan Vermont, Lake shore"
Photograph of two men and a dog on top of a rock at lake in Morgan, Vermont

Alice. C. Nelson

"Morgan Vermont"
Photograph of two men at a camp shed near a lake

Alice. C. Nelson

"A camp near the lake." Inferred location is lake near Morgan, VT.
Photograph of lake in Barton, Vermont

Alice C. Nelson

"Barton lake, taken 5 a.m., June 18, 1898".