Untitled

MediumTintype, uncased

Dimensions2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (5.7 x 3.8 cm)

Object number1988.5.210

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionPortrait of Charles W. Sherman and Frank Purrington.Label TextPurrington, Frank H., printer, boards 76 Hillman (1873 N.B. directory, p. 175). At the same address: Charles F. Purrington, seaman, and Nathaniel S. Purrington. Sherman, Charles W., clerk C.H. & H.A. Lawton, boards 3 Kempton (1873 N.B. directory, p. 190) At the same address: Frederick W. Sherman, compositor Mercury office, and Pliny B. Sherman, foreman Mercury Job office, 92 Union, house 3 Kempton.

We have Philip F. Purrington’s birth certificate in our manuscript collection: Mss 64, Series P, Subseries 46, Folder 1. He was born in Fall River, Feb. 20, 1912, son of Ralph F. Purrington and Ethel A. Mackenzie Purrington. His father’s birthplace was New Bedford, and his mother’s was Hamilton, Ontario. The New England Historic Genealogical Society database lists Ralph Forbes Purrington as the son of Frank H. Purrington, printer, and Annie C. Forbes Purrington. So Frank Purrington was Philip F. Purrington’s grandfather.

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