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Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.50a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Dr. William Sheldon Clark Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.50a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Dr. William Sheldon Clark Perkins

Subject (American, 1837 - 1915)
Photographer (American, active 1863)
Photographer (American, founded 1882)
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 × 2 3/8in. (10.2 × 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers
DescriptionCarte de visite of Dr. William Sheldon Clark Perkins (1837-1915). He is sitting in a chair with his right arm resting on a table. Both 2015.62.50a-b are identical photographs.
Object number2015.62.50a-b
NotesWilliam Sheldon Clark Perkins, M.D. (1837-1915) is the son of Austin Freeman Perkins, M.D. (1803-1875) and Mary Moore Way (1806-1852). He married Amelia Jane Jerome (1841-1929) in 1861. They had two children: Florence A. Perkins (1862-1956) and Charles H. Perkins, M.D. (1864-1936).
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Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.75 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William Sheldon Clark Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.49a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.48 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Gift of Helen L. Perkins, 1949.5.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hist…
Charlotte Perkins
1810-1815
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.51 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Sampler
Lydia Ann Perkins
5 December 1837
Colonel George Perkins Bissell
Colonel George Perkins Bissell
November 1862
Perkins Family Coat of Arms
Charlotte Perkins
about 1804
Gift of Paul Williamson and Nancy Durant, 2023.25.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known C…
Lavergne Grant Clark
c. 1875-1900