Call Number:

PH-00356

Collection Name:

Gernsheim Mechanical Processes Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

356 items

Span Dates:

1840s-1960s

Description:

The Gernsheim Mechanical Processes collection is comprised of several boxes of 19th century mechanical reproductive processes including: Small Box 1 (carbon, photoengravings, collotypes and albumen); Small Box 2 (cyanotype, photogravure, Autotype, heliotype); Small Box 3 (photoengravings); Small Box 4 (lithographs, Dallastypes); woodburytypes; carbon prints; Small Box 5 (collotypes, Albertypes, photoglyptie, photozincographs, phototypie, photogravure, photoetching (i.e., photoengraving), photo-chromolith, lichtdruck, luxotype, halftones); Large Box 1 (engravings, carbon prints, photoetchings); Large Box 2 (drawings, Dallastypes, lithographics); Large Box 3 (cyanotypes, heliogravure, photogravure, photolithographs, collotypes, and halftone); Large Box 4 (carbon, woodburytype). Also, a box of 13 color distorted engravings.

Accession No(s):

964:0044:0001-0043; 992:0017:0001-0007; 992:0018:0001-0007; 992:0022:0001-0003; 993:0022:0001-0003

Location(s):

5 osb (Small Mech. Prints Boxes 1-5)
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Small Woodburytype Box (964:0044:0001-0043)
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Distorted Engravings Mech. Prints Box
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Large Mech. Prints Box 4
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Large Mech. Prints Box 1
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Large Mech. Prints Box 2
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Large Mech. Prints Box 3
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See Also:

Helmut and Alison Gernsheim Papers and Photography Collection