Call Number:

PH-00361

Collection Name:

Early Photographic Processes Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

163 items

Span Dates:

1750s-1910s

Description:

The collection includes examples of painted salted paper prints, as well as photographs on a variety of supports including: aluminum (2), metalloid (4), cloth (10), ceramic (including opal) (26), silhouettes (23), painted paper (13), physionotrace (20), medals (15), Abraham Lincoln campaign buttons (9), orotone (2), miscellaneous cased paper-based photographs (11), and painting on glass (2). Additionally there are two crayon portraits (998:0054:0048-0049).

Accession No(s):

958:0235:0001; 958:0268:0001-0012; 986:0047:0001 ; 964:0202:0001-0004; 974:0004:0001; 979:0070:0001; 983:0044:0001, 996:0046:0008-0016; 998:0054:0048-0049; 2010:0006:0001; 2010:0007:0001; 2010:0008:0001

Location(s):

Gernsheim daguerreotype (unaccessioned)
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Ceramics, enamel, porcelain, opal glass (2010:0007:0001)
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Ceramics (C24-C25); 958:0270:0001-0002; Cloth (C1, C7-C8)
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Medals (M3, M14-M15)
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Orotones Box (983:0044:0001, 996:0046:0008-0006)
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Enameled portrait (C13)
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Empty union cases (boxes 1-2)
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Physionotraces (P23); Silhouettes (S4-S6, S23)
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Painted salted paper print; Painted albumen print in case (958:0235:0001; 2010:0006:0001)
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Crayon Enlargement Boxes 1-2 (998:0054:0048-49)
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Framed porcelain photograph (no acc #)
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Period frame containing 15 cased portraits (979:0070:0001)
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Unid. Abraham Lincoln campaign buttons
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Special permission required Salted Paper Prints with Applied Color Boxes (964:0202:0001-0004)
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23 osb, Gernsheim Jewelry and Novelties (Boxes 7-8, 10-20, 23-32)
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Special permission required 2 osb, Non-Gernsheim Jewelry and Novelties (Boxes 1, 3)
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2 osb, Non-Gernsheim Orotones (Boxes 1-2)
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