Augustine H. Folsom
Augustine H. Folsom (died 1926) or A.H. Folsom was a photographer in the Boston, Massachusetts-area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1][2] Subjects included buildings in Massachusetts, Maine, and Georgia. Folsom showed photographic work in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association exhibitions of 1874 and 1881.[3][4][5] He lived in Roxbury, c. 1870–1926.[6] Works by Folsom reside in the collections of the Boston Public Library; Historic New England; Metropolitan Museum, NY;[7] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;[8] the Georgia State Archives;[9] and the American Antiquarian Society.[10]
References
- Boston Directory. 1873.
- Boston Almanac. 1888
- Catalogue of articles on display ... Faneuil and Quincy Halls, of the twelfth exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, September and October, 1874. Boston: Rand, Avery, and Co., printers, 1874. Google books
- Photographic Times, Jan. 1875. Google books
- Mechanic Association : fourteenth triennial exhibition. Open September and October. Huntington Ave. and West Newton St. Boston. Boston: Rand, Avery, 1881
- Boston Landmarks Commission. 1984 Survey and planning grant, part 1 - Parker Hill / Mission Hill project completion report. 1985
- "Metropolitan Museum of Art".
- "MFA Boston". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24.
- "Vanishing Georgia".
- "American Antiquarian Society".
Image gallery
- Photographs by Augustine H. Folsom
- Concord, Massachusetts, public library, 1873
- Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1880s (Historic New England)
- West End Adult Evening School, Boston, c. 1890s; photo by A.H. Folsom (Boston Public Library)
- Dyce Head, Maine, c. 1895
- Nonamesset farmhouse Massachusetts, 19th-20th century
- People in front of a large wood-frame house, 19th-20th century
- Miss Fuller and her class, Horace Mann School for the Deaf, Boston, 1893 (Boston Public Library)
- Otto Folin in biochemistry lab at McLean Hospital, 1905 (Harvard)
Further reading
Illustrations by Folsom
- Ceremonies at the dedication of the Soldiers' monument: in Concord, Mass. Printed by B. Tolman, 1867. Includes illus. by Folsom. Google books
- George Augustus Wheeler. History of Castine, Penobscot, and Brooksville, Maine: including the ancient settlement of Pentagöet. Bangor, Maine: Burr & Robinson, 1875. Includes illus. by Folsom. Google books
- Edwin Start. Penobscot Bay. New England Magazine, July 1896. Includes illus. by Folsom. Google books
About Folsom
- Old wet-plate photographer. Boston Daily Globe, June 18, 1905
- E.B. Delabarre. Recent History of Dighton Rock. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Feb. 1919; p. 286+ Includes discussion of Folsom's photo of Dighton Rock. Google books
External links
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- WorldCat. Folsom, Augustine H.
- Boston Public Library on Flickr. Augustine H. Folsom Photographs
- Boston Latin Academy. Work by Folsom
- Concord Library. Work by Folsom
- Smithsonian. Work by Folsom in Warshaw Collection.
- Historic New England, 2003
- Historic New England, 2002
- Maine Memory. Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute, 1868, by Folsom
- Maine Memory. http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29225 Westbrook Seminary, 1868], by Folsom
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