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Rumsey Family Paintings, Prints, and Artifacts
Donated
to Buffalo History Museum, May 2023
by Monica S. Rumsey, widow of Nicholas P. Rumsey (born in Buffalo,
1946–died in Essex, NY, 2021).
Rumsey
Family - Table of Contents
Photos taken in May 2023 by Chuck La Chiusa
Photos © 2023 Buffalo History Museum
![]() Original
oil portrait of Aaron Rumsey (1797-1864)
1.
Aaron
or Dexter Rumsey
daguerreotype, ¾ view, with hand coloring on face.
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![]() Advertising Print, A. Rumsey & Co. Lithograph on paper. Image dimensions: 18 by 23inches; as framed: 25-3/4 by 30-5/8 inches. Frame made by Nicholas P. Rumsey, circa 2009. Inscribed above oval image, in large Gothic lettering: A. Rumsey & Co. Inscribed immediately below image, in small sans-serif font, all caps: “CLAY& CO. BUFFALO, N.Y.” Inscribed below oval image, in large Gothic lettering: Manufacturers of Hemlock Sole Leather. And below that, in all caps: “BUFFALO, N.Y.” Oval-shaped image shows a grassy field with a cattleman on horseback roping a longhorn steer, likely the primary source of the firm’s leather goods. Hemlock sole leather was tanned a rich, reddish-brown color using tannin from the bark of the Eastern hemlock tree. [SEE: Hemlock and Hide: The Tanbark Industry in Old… | Summer 2011 | Articles | F (northernwoodlands.org)] Conserved by professional paper conservator in Richmond, VA, circa 2010-2012. Detail below: ![]() |
![]() City of Buffalo, reproduction of hand-colored engraving Image: 5-1/2 by 9 inches; as framed: 14 by17 inches Print after a panoramic sketch of Delaware Avenue by from the tower of Westminster Church. Inscribed lower left, under image: “A. C. Warren” (the artist who did the original drawing). Inscribed at bottom, under image: “Entered according to Act “Washington.” Inscribed lower right, under image: “W. Wellstood” (the engraver). City of Buffalo. / A.C. Warren. ; W. Wellstood. on JSTOR Detail below: ![]() |
![]() Framed
photograph of Rumsey Leather Tannery
Black-and-white, approximately 11 by12-1/2 inches, likely a copy of an earlier photograph. Inscribed in pencil onpaper backing (in handwriting of the late Margot Rumsey Mugler, daughter of Dexter Phelps Rumsey II and unofficial family historian), “Rumsey Leather Tannery in Griffins Mills, N. Y.” However: buffaloah.com website says it was located in Holland, NY.) According to Wikipedia: “Griffins Mills is a hamlet in the town of Aurora in Erie County, New York, United States.[1 It lies on the West Branch of Cazenovia Creek in the area once known as West Aurora. Griffins Mills was founded in the early 19th century at the site of a mill. It is located in zip code 14170.” |
![]() Leather
saddle ornament with heavy brass plate, beveled edges |
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![]() Leather-bound
calling-card
holder made by A. Rumsey & Co. Buffalo N.Y. ![]() ![]() |
![]() Photographic
reproduction
print, inscribed under image: Buffalo, New York, circa
1908 “Erie County Savings Bank, Niagara Street.” Image dimensions: 17 by 22
inches. As framed: 25 by 28-1/2 inches. |
![]() Sepia-toned
photograph,
Thomas Rumsey Farm, Hubbardton, Vermont |