Homes and haunts, 1880-1995
Part of collection: Mary Hemphill Bush Rieffel photographs (2023-214)
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1995
Scope and Contents
The Homes and haunts subseries includes various images of du Pont and Bush family homes and vacation locales. There is a series of twenty-seven stereoviews of "Greystone," the home of William Bush Sr. (1821-1891), Rieffel's paternal great-grandfather. Wilmington-based professional photographer Joseph A. Maybin (1827-1914) took the photographs around 1880. The Greystone house, built in 1869, was on the corner of Clayton and Beech streets in southwest Wilmington, Delaware. The images show various exteriors of the home and property; a few images include people, one being Rieffel's father, labeled as "William Bush, Jr." on the backs of the images.
Other homes include the Bush family home on Delaware Avenue, Rieffel's schools and camp, and du Pont estates: Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, and Eleutherian Mills. One vacation locale frequently pictured is Skyland, Virginia, where the family rode horses.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository