Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim

Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim

Crim, Elizabeth Clinedinst (1838-1931)

Reproduction photograph of Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim. The original image was probably taken in about 1870.

Significant emulsion damage to the glass plate is visible.

Eliza was also known as “Mother Crim” due to her actions following the Civil War Battle of New Market caring for cadets from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

Undated

Identified in 2004 by Nancy Stewart, who had a collection of pictures of the subject. She noted that Eliza Crim became a milliner later in life and put up the first outdoor Christmas tree in New Market.

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Eliza (Clinedinst) Crim appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002800, 004907, 006622, 017464, 022729, 026754, 026755, and 040174.

006622

Glass Negative