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1Title:  Severance Family Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  Severance Family 
 Dates:  1850-2011 
 Abstract:  The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of 12 daguerreotypes, 4 ambrotypes, 70 cartes-de-vistes, 1 lantern slide, 3 silhouettes, 1 portrait drawing, 14 color prints and 326 black and white prints. They include Severance and related family portraits and views of various family homes and estates. 
 Call #:  PG 585 
 Extent:  2.60 linear feet (3 containers and 3 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Allen family -- Photograph collections | Architecture, Domestic -- California -- Pasadena -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- California -- San Marino -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs | Long family -- Photograph collections | Millikin family -- Photograph collections | Severance family -- Photograph collections | Walworth family -- Photograph collections
 
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