Call Number:

PH-00001

Collection Name:

Helmut Gernsheim Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

1,000 items

Span Dates:

1940-1960

Description:

The collection consists of approximately 1,000 visual works by Helmut Gernsheim (German, 1913-1995). Subjects include: early student work; portraits; commercial photography, including exhibition prints; architecture and architectural detail, including Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace; art reproductions of sculpture and architectural details, including Westminster Cathedral; still-life photographs; nature; landscapes; Binter’s Marionette Theatre in Munich; and Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's home in Chalon-sur-Saône (964:0000:0005-0007) and of monuments to him (964:0000:0008-0010). The photographs, which include gelatin silver prints, 9 x 12 inch glass negatives, 120 film negatives, and posters with mounted photographs, all date from between 1940 and 1960.

Location(s):

5 rsc (Uncat. Corpus Box 1-5)
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Gernsheim, H., Box 1-23
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Glass microphotos (originals and prints)
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Curatorial permission required Glass collodion positive (#30)
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4 osb (Empty albums for cabinet cards and cartes-de-visite)
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2 osb, Gernsheim Jewelry and Novelties (Boxes 9, 23)
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Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Gernsheim Glass Negatives Box 1
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1 osb, Gernsheim Jewelry and Novelties Box 32
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Curatorial permission required Flat File (10 oversized prints and posters, 2 photographic details from Westminster)
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Flat File ("La Daguerreotypomanie", Theodore Maurisset, Dec. 1839)
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Curatorial permission required box 47-52, glass negatives
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Curatorial permission required box 1-46, glass negatives
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Gernsheim, H., Nitrate Box 1
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Gernsheim H., Acetate Box 1
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See Also:

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Photography Collection

Helmut and Alison Gernsheim Papers and Photography Collection