The Elvira Wiggan Photograph Collection includes 18 photographs of friends and family of Elvira Davis Wiggan. Included in the collection is a 1860s tin-type portrait of an African American woman, several photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s uncle, Samuel Davis, and photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s father, John Davis, dressed in his Pullman porter uniform.
Dates: circa 1860s-1941
Collection number: MS 18
Creator: Wiggan, Elvira Davis.
Collection Size: .2 linear feet (18 photographs)
Guide to the Elvira Davis Wiggan Photograph Collection
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