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Call Number:

PH-00371

Collection Name:

Alphonse Poitevin Photography Collection

Creator:

Poitevin, Alphonse, 1819-1882 (1819? - 1882-03-04)

No. of Items:

6 items

Span Dates:

1840s-1870s

Description:

The collection is comprised of 5 photographs and a medal created by Alphonse Poitevin (French, 1819-1882). Select item-level information follows.

985:0008:0001 -- View of a house and garden, circa 1847. Daguerreotype on electroplated copper plate, 5.9 x 8.4 cm (sixth plate).
985:0008:0002 -- Print of the above image;
985:0031:0001-0002 -- Gelatin photogalvanographs and salted paper prints;
985:0031:0003-0004 -- Medal and experimental carbon print.

Accession No(s):

985:0008:0001-0002 -- Purchase, 1985 (R 10728); 985:0008:0001-0002; 985:0031:0001-0004; 985:0031:0001-0004 -- Gift, 1985 (G 2366)

Location(s):

1 osb, Alphonse Poitevin Box 1 (985:0008:0001-0002; 985:0031:0001-0004)
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