Overview
Collection Information
Size: 12 Items, photographic prints, b&w, 18 x 27 cm. or smaller
Summary: Photographs of Joseph Jefferson, family group portraits, and scenes of Orange Island, La., where Jefferson's family had a home. Some prints are annotated, and appear to have been used for publication. Photographer(s) unidentified.
Biographical/Historical Note
Jefferson was a painter, actor. Best known for his role as Rip Van Winkle.
Provenance
Donated 1991 by Julia Henshaw, who acquired the photographs through her grandfather, a neighbor of Joseph Jefferson and a child actor in plays with Jefferson in an area near New Iberia, Louisiana.
Language Note
English .
