Richard Teller
Crane family photograph collection
ca. 1850-1930
Finding Aid for
the Collection at Chicago Historical Society
© Copyright 2004 by Chicago Historical Society, Clark St.
at North Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
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Call #: 1980.0145 PPL
Title: Richard Teller Crane family photograph collection.
Dates: [ca. 1850-1930]
Size: 200 photographic prints : b&w ; 16 c 20 in.
1 drawing : pencil work.
Accession #: 1980.0145
This finding aid includes:
Description of the collection,
List of online catalog headings,
Provenance statement,
Storage designation,
Container list of box/folder titles/numbers.
Portraits of members of the family of Richard Teller Crane (1832-1912), founder of the Crane Company, and views of adults and children in various activities, family outings, and views of family homes, including Childerley.
Related materials at the Chicago Historical Society include the Crane-Lillie family papers.
List of online catalog headings
The following headings were placed in the online catalog:
Subject headings:
Crane family
Crane, Richard Teller, 1832-1912
Crane, Charles Richard, 1858-1939
Chadbourne, Emily Crane, 1871-1964.
Lillie, Frances Crane, 1869-1958.
Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947
Lilly family
Crane, Mary Josephine Prentice, 1836-1885
Crane, Herbert Prentice, 1861-1943
Crane, Richard Teller, 1873-1931
Gartz, Kate Elizabeth Crane, 1865-
Gartz, Adolph Frederick, 1893-
Russell, Mary Crane
Russell, Edmund A., 1865-
Childerly (Wheeling, Ill.)
Crane Company (Chicago, Ill.)
Families--Illinois-Chicago. 2lctgm.
Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs, 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Group portraits. gmgpc
Portrait photographs. gmgpc
Cabinet card photographs. gmgpc
Cartes de visite. gmgpc.
Daguerreotypes. gmgpc.
Pencil works. gmgpc
Photographic prints. gmgpc
Provenance statement
Gift of R.T. Crane family, 1979 (1980.0145).
Storage designation:
Call #: 1980.0145 PPL (2 11x 14 in. boxes, 1 16 x 20 in. box)
Box 1
Folder 1:
Richard Teller Crane (1832-1912)
Mary Josephine Prentice (1836-1885)
Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939)
Herbert Prentice Crane (1861-1943)
George Hamilton Crane (1862-1864)
Kate Elizabeth Crane (1865- )
Mary Ryerson Crane (1866-1954)
Frances William Crane (1869-1958)
Emily Rockwell Crane (1871-1964)
Richard Teller Crane jr. (1873-1931)
Leon Harold Crane (1875-1876)
Folder 2
Richard Teller Crane (1832-1912)
Mary Josephine Prentice (1836-1885)
Eliza Prentice
Folder 3
Richard Teller Crane (1832-1912) and grandchildren
Folder 4
Misc. relatives of Richard Teller Crane (1832-1912)
Box 2
Folder 1
Charles R. Crane (1858-1939)
Cornelia Workman Smith (1883-1886)
Folder 2
Herbert Prentice Crane (1861-1943)
Jessie Doolittle
Folder 3
Kate Elizabeth Crane Gartz (1865- )
Adolph Frederick Gartz (1893- ) and children
Folder 4
Mary Crane Russell
Edmund A. Russell and children
Folder 5
Francis Crane Lillie (1869-1958)
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947) and children
Folder 6
Francis Crane Lillie (1869-1958)
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947) and children
Folder 7
Emily Rockwell Crane Chadbourne
Thomas L. Chadbourne jr.
Box 3
Prentice Family portraits
Crane homes
Frank and Francis Lillie home
Childerley