Dabney-Coleman-Joyes Family Photographs,ca. 1850-ca. 1949

Author

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Title

Dabney-Coleman-Joyes Family Photographs

Date

ca. 1850-ca. 1949

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Dabney-Coleman-Joyes Family Photographs, ca. 1850-ca. 1949, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society.

Extent

65 items

Scope and Content

William C. Dabney, Sr. (1894-1963) was a Louisville industrialist and co-founder of the Jones-Dabney Co, manufacturers of industrial paints. The company merged with Devoe & Raynolds Co. and Dabney became president of that company in 1950. The Dabney, Coleman, and Joyes families were related by marriage. Collection of family photographs including studio portraits, candid snapshots, and three albums. Two of the albums are identified as belonging to Mrs. Chapman Coleman (a daughter of John J. Crittenden) and one of her daughters, Eugenia Coleman. Many of the cartes de visite and cabinet photos in these albums are not identified. One album contains snapshots of William C. Dabney, Sr., his wife, and their children. Also in the collection are photographs of "Dunlora," the Dabney home in Louisville, built ca. 1937 and designed by Louisville architect Frederick L. Morgan. Identified persons include members of the Dabney, Coleman, and Joyes families.

Subjects

• Coleman family -- Pictorial works
• Dabney family -- Pictorial works
• Joyes family -- Pictorial works
• Architecture, Domestic -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- Photographs