Griswold Family Collection
Title
Griswold Family Collection
Description
Photographs from the Griswold family of White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.
Collection Items
Avenue des Champs-yss, Paris, France
The Avenue des Champs-yss as viewed from the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe borders the Avenue des Champs-yss on the west to create part of the "Axe historique", a combination of historic monuments and buildings that begin at the center of…
Piazza of St. Peter's
The Piazza of St. Peter's as viewed from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Although the obelisk at the center of the square was erected in 1568, the square itself was not designed until the mid 1600's by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Broadway and Fifth Avenue , New York City
A view from the Flatiron Building looking up Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Designed by Daniel Burnham, the building was intended to be the "Fuller Building", but has since assumed the name "Flatiron" because of its peculiar shape.
Path of the "Red-Hot Hurricane"
Buildings lay in ruin in St. Pierre, Martinique after the eruption of Mt. Pel in 1902 which killed nearly 30,000 people.
Jerusalem
View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Palestine. Jerusalem, one of the oldest cities in the world, is integral to many religions, particularly Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The National Soldiers' Home, Marion, Indiana
Civil War veterans enjoy a meal in the dining room of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers which opened in 1890 as the seventh of ten locations due to the town's accessible natural gas supply.
Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
View of the Council Room inside the Royal Palace. In this room the King of Sweden meets with members of his ministry.
George Griswold
Portrait of George Griswold, of White Hall, who served in the 61st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, and died of an illness several months after the Battle of Shiloh.
Loyal P. Griswold
Portrait of Loyal P. Griswold, of White Hall, a well known farmer, husband to Nancy Swallow Griswold, and brother of George Griswold, who fought in the American Civil War.
Nancy Swallow Griswold
Portrait of Nancy Swallow Griswold, who was the wife of Loyal P. Griswold, a well known farmer near White Hall, and the mother of five children.
George Allen Barton
Portrait of George Allen Barton, son of George Washington Barton and Mary Elizabeth Griswold Barton, sister of George Griswold and Loyal P. Griswold.
George Griswold
Portrait of George Griswold, of White Hall, in his military uniform. Griswold served in the 61st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and died of an illness several months after the Battle of Shiloh.
Albert Griswold
Portrait of Albert Griswold, son of Sallie Evans Baker Griswold and Henry Adonijah Griswold, brother of George Griswold and Loyal P. Griswold.
Collection Tree
- Illinois Photographic Collection
- Griswold Family Collection