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Call Number:

PH-00358

Collection Name:

Hunter-Rose Photography Collection

Creator:

Ankenman & Butler (Organization)

Backstrom

Barnes, Walter

Barr, D. P. (David Perry), 1839 - 1925

Barry, D. F.

Bates, F. L.

Blanton, Ben F.

Boone, photographer, active 1930 - 1939

Border Fox Tone Picture (Organization)

Bowman, W. E. (William Emory), 1834 - 1915

Boyles, J. W.

Brack, A. A. (Asa Allen), 1861 - 1937

Brady, Mathew B., 1823 - 1896

Brenham Banner-Press (Organization)

Brininstool, E. A. (Earl Alonzo), 1870 - 1957

Brisbois, Alfred, 1853 - 1925

Bryden, Starr

Bushong & Feldman (Organization)

Bushong, photographer

Calhoun, Amos S.

Callaway, A. N., 1847 - 1920

Chambers, S. D.

Chapman, Austin (Photographer)

Chickering, Elmer, 1857 - 1915

Cleasby, E. W.

Clifton Studio (Organization)

Coleman, Willis H.

Cones Studio, active 1891 - 1973 (Organization)

Conrads, A.

Cross, W. R. (William R.), active 1870/1879 - 1890/1899

Crown Art Studio, active 1930 - 1939 (Organization)

Davidson, photographer

Delfraisse, Leon A., active 1890 - 1899

Dibrell, John L.

Doersam, Jim

Drow Studio, active 1910 - 1940/1949 (Organization)

Edmunds, E. E.

Edwards & Barcus (Organization)

Ellis & Walery, active 1900 - 1920/1929 (Organization)

Ellison Photo Company, active circa 1932 - 1987/1989 (Organization)

Fagerberg, Albert, active 1920 - 1929

Flanagan, Sue, 1926 - 1993

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901, 1848 - 1901

Forrest, Earle R. (Earle Robert), 1883 - 1969

Glidewell, J. C.

Goldin, photographer

Grinstead, J. E.

Grondal Galleries (Organization)

Hill, Samuel B., 1840 - 1917

Hillyer, H. B. (Hamilton Biscoe), 1835 - 1903

Hinson, T. A.

Horne, Walter H., 1883 - 1921

Hunter, J. Marvin (John Marvin), 1880 - 1957

Jackson, A. T. (Alvin T.)

Jordan-Ellison Company, active 1914/1929 - 1932 (Organization)

Malone, Bill, photographer

Marks, H. R. (Harvey R.), 1821 - 1902

McClure, J. C., 1877 - 1911

Mexican International Railroad (Organization)

Newsboy (New York, N.Y.), active 1880 - 1889 (Organization)

Notman Photo Co. (Boston, Mass.), active 1850/1859 - 1930/1939 (Organization)

Ritzmann, Charles L., active 1890 - 1899

Rodden, photographer

Rose, Noah H., 1874 - 1952

Sarony, Napoleon, 1821 - 1896

Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895 - 1981

United States. Army. Signal Corps, active 1930 - 1939 (Organization)

Universal Pictures Company, active 1925 - 1966 (Organization)

Universal Studios Inc.

Wilhelm, photographer

Williamson, L. J.

Wilson, J. A.

Winther, N.

Wood, J. Painter

Wright, C. J., photographer, active 1880/1889 - 1890/1899

Zahn, Justus, 1847 - 1918

No. of Items:

8000 items

Span Dates:

circa 1850-1940

Description:

The collection contains images from “The Famous N. H. Rose Collection of Old Time Photographs” by various photographers including Noah H. Rose, a San Antonio commercial photographer and collector of photographs of what he termed "early day characters and scenes." J. Marvin Hunter (1880-1957), a friend of Rose, was a printer and publisher of newspapers, most notably the Bandera New Era, as well as the Frontier Times, a publication "devoted to Frontier History, Border Tragedy and Pioneer Achievement," which he co-published with his father, Warren Hunter. Hunter also founded and operated the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera, Texas, to showcase his collection of frontier and historical artifacts. Rose and Hunter were friends from an early age and together they published The Album of Gunfighters in 1951.

The collection consists predominately of photographs of the Old West and the Southwest, dating from between circa 1850 to the 1960s. The photographs taken by Rose date from the 1930s. Among the other photographers represented in the collection are D. P. Barr, A. A. Brack, and W. D. Smithers. Typical subjects featured in this collection include Native Americans, frontiersmen, cowboys, outlaws, and Texas Rangers, as well as Texas governors and other statesmen. Individuals represented in the collection include Jesse and Frank James, Judge Roy Bean, Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, David Crockett, General George Custer, and Sam Houston and his family. There are also photographs of historical places and scenes, military forts and encampments, and towns in Texas and surrounding states, such as New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. Among the Texas towns represented in the collection are Del Rio, San Antonio, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, as well as Bandera, home of Hunter's Frontier Times Museum. The collection also contains photographs and manuscript materials relating to both J. Marvin Hunter and N. H. Rose.

Both vintage and copy prints in a variety of formats are included in the collection. The formats range from cabinet cards, cigarette cards and cartes-de-visite, to panoramic prints. Among the photographic processes represented in the collection are albumen prints, cyanotypes, and tintypes, as well as both nitrate and safety negatives. In addition to copy prints of daguerreotypes and other processes, there are photographic reproductions of drawings, paintings, and other works of art, some of which pre-date photography. The collection also contains postcards and original letters, as well as negatives of letters, newspaper articles, and legal, financial, and military documents.

The material has been left in its original order and is divided as follows: Series I. Identified Photographs; Series II. Unidentified Photographs; Series III. Oversize Photographs (2 oversize boxes, 1 flat file drawer); and Series IV. Nitrate Negatives (5 boxes). The finding aid for this collection contains indexes of correspondents and of identified photographers represented in the collection, though the majority of the photographers have not been identified.

Accession No(s):

965:0001:0001-

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00271

Location(s):

Hunter-Rose Box 30 (965:0005:0008, 0014, 0024, 0050, 0057)
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Hunter-Rose Box 31 (965:0005:0016-0018, 0025, 0028, 0035)
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Hunter-Rose Box 32 (965:0009, 0011, 0015, 0023, 0032, 0037, 0051-0056)
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Flat File (2 unaccessioned prints (#19, 52))
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Hunter-Rose Boxes 01-21
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Curatorial permission required Mitchell; Unid.; Hunter Rose Glass Negative Box 2
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Osf 1 (965:0005:0026-0027, 0029, 0061)
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6 folders, Osf 2-7
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2 b, 2 ncb (nos. 26-29)
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Hunter-Rose Boxes 22-25
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