Studio portrait of Rachel Jennings Vanderbilt

Studio portrait of Rachel Jennings Vanderbilt

Description:

Sepia carte de visite photograph of Rachel Jennings Vanderbilt taken by Wallace White, Kalamazoo. View features Rachel Vanderbilt’s head and shoulders. Hair upright, she is wearing a high-collared dark dress. Rachel Vanderbilt married to John H. Vanderbilt in 1844 in New York, and later lived in Cooper Township. She was the mother of Henry J. Vanderbilt. Text on the back of image reads, "Mrs. John Vanderbilt Edds Grandmother" referring to Edwin Vanderbilt.

Type: still image