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Call Number:

PH-00161

Collection Name:

Plum, Texas, Photography Collection

No. of Items:

26 glass negatives

Span Dates:

circa 1910

Description:

The collection consists of 26 glass negatives taken in and around Plum, Texas, by an unidentified amateur photographer around circa 1910. Twenty-six modern contact prints are available for viewing. Descriptive captions from an inventory follow.

972:0004:0001 -- Baby in long gown, probably a christening dress;
972:0004:0002 -- Bride and groom standing outside a house;
972:0004:0003 -- Bride and groom standing outside a house (same couple as in 972:0004:0002);
972:0004:0004 -- Group of eight teenage girls and one teenage boy on the porch of a house;
972:0004:0005 -- Full-length formal portrait of a bride and groom taken inside a photography studio;
972:0004:0006 -- Farmyard scene with a barn, horse trough, windmill, and water tank; two people are on windmill, and a man and boy are on the ground;
972:0004:0007 -- Farm scene that includes a family of six, a wagon, horses, mules, and a barn;
972:0004:0008 -- (slightly different pose);
972:0004:0009 -- Group of men on a porch showing a deck of cards;
972:0004:0010 -- Baby wearing a christening gown;
972:0004:0011 -- Family of eight standing on a porch;
972:0004:0012 -- Three women hoeing in a cotton field;
972:0004:0013 -- Full-length portrait of young women in formal dress standing outside a home;
972:0004:0014 -- Full-length portrait of young women in formal dress standing outside a home (same pose and location, but a different young woman than in 972:0004:0013);
972:0004:0015 -- Cotton and corn fields;
972:0004:0016 -- Mule and horse team with walking cultivator in cornfield;
972:0004:0017 -- Group of men and oxen at wood-cutting camp;
972:0004:0018 -- Farm scene that includes a house and barn, and a man with a horse in the center of the image;
972:0004:0019 -- Cornfield after severe storm;
972:0004:0020 -- Cotton field;
972:0004:0021 -- Man and woman holding slices of watermelon and standing outside of a building next to baskets of fruit and vegetables;
972:0004:0022 -- Couple of men with oxen, saws, and water jug;
972:0004:0023 -- Group of men and oxen with walking cultivator in cornfield (same group as 972:0004:0017, but a slightly different view);
972:0004:0024 -- Couple in a buggy with farm buildings in the background;
972:0004:0025 -- Full-length portrait of well-dressed man standing outside a home (taken at same location as 972:0004:0013-0014);
972:0004:0026 -- Group portrait of eleven formally-dressed family members standing in front of a house.

Accession No(s):

972:0004:0001-0026

Location(s):

Plum, Texas, Box (Access prints for 972:0004:0001-0026)
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See Also:

Plum, Texas, Film Collection DEACCESSIONED