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Call Number:

PH-00384

Collection Name:

Unidentified Photographers (non-Gernsheim) Photography Collection

Creator:

unidentified photographer

No. of Items:

153 photographs

Span Dates:

19th-20th century

Description:

The collection consists of prints, negatives, and transparencies by unidentified photographers that are not part of the Gernsheim Collection. Box-level and select item-level information follows.

Box 1 -- Prints by unidentified photographers from the Paul Martin Collection that are not by Martin):
22 lantern slides: Tribes; people on 3- & 4-wheel bicycles; woman with guitar; Welsh ladies; giraffe; birds; deer; snakes; group of men around canon.

Box 2:
981:0018:000? -- Grandfather Whipple [framed print] (1).

Box 03 -- Color transparencies (47), prints (64), negatives (4):
958:0004:0001-0008 -- Aviation, Fort Worth, undated;
958:0094:0001-0002 -- Portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, undated;
999:0036:0007-0008, 0016-0020, 0024, 0056, 0119, 0121, 0123, 0126, 0129 -- includes portraits of American political figures, a bust of Homer, Mitlon’s cottage, and portraits of unidentified men;
2010:0003:0001 -- "Bruges. Beguinage de la vigne," circa 1860-1880, albumen print.

Box 4:
958:0095:0001 -- The Old Stone Bridge in Golden Gate Park, cyanotype;
965:0002:0001-0002 -- Two photogravures of Theodore Roosevelt printed on gold paper;
984:0045:0004 -- Franklin D. Roosevelt by Johnny Adkins (?), n.d. ;
984:0045:0005 -- Presentation of Hat to V. P. Garner by [unid.], n.d. ;
994:0062:0001 (formerly listed as 997:0062:0001) -- Unidentified photographer. Class 29-84, Company C, U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Pendleton, California, 1984. Chromogenic color print, 20.2 x 35.4 cm;
999:0036:0006, 0021, 0125, 0127-0128, 0132 -- Includes a portrait of James Garfield, John Muir, Hitler and Mussolini, and unidentified men;
Three photographs of European locomotives:
2008:0004:0001 -- FR130, Furness Railway, 1912;
2008:0004:0002 -- Crown Mines Limited No. 8, Crown Mines (S. A.), 1936;
2008:0004:0003 -- Etat Engine #230-321, French State Railways, 1911.

Box 5 -- Partial album of views of Pisa, Italy:
958:0300:0001 -- Pisa, Lung' Arno Regio. Albumen print;
958:0300:0002 -- Pisa. Campanile. Albumen print;
958:0300:0003 -- Pisa. il Duomo 137. Albumen print;
958:0300:0004 -- Pisa, interno del Duomo. Albumen print;
958:0300:0005 -- Pisa. Battistero 115. Albumen print;
958:0300:0006 -- [Baptistry font by Guido Bigarelli da Como in the Baptistery]. Albumen print;
958:0300:0007 -- [Sculptural chandelier]. Albumen print;
958:0300:0008 -- Pisa. [Pulpit of Giovanni Pisano in the Duomo]. Albumen print;
958:0300:0009 -- [Pisa. Santa Maria della Spina]. Albumen print;
958:0300:0010 -- [Pisa and Arno River]. Albumen print;
958:0300:0011 -- [Interior of the Camposanto of Pisa]. Albumen print;
958:0300:0012 -- Gelleria Nord (Compasanto) 152. Albumen print.


Box 6


983:0064:0007 -- Rural scene, man seated on ground in front of a haystack, holding a tool. Salted paper print, round.


983:0057:0001-0009 -- Unidentified photographer. Nine small prints from a British family album, circa 1853. Albumen or salted paper prints, various sizes.


Paper negative boxes:
1 paper negative in Med Paper Neg box;
7 paper negatives, 3 vintage prints, and 8 modern prints from paper negatives in Small Paper Neg box.

Additional item- and group-level information follows.
956:0030:0001-0028 -- Negatives removed from a Transparent Film Cartridge box (956:0029:0001) and were wrapped around the empty film spool contained therein. Subjects of the negatives include snapshots of unidentified men and women, houses, a church, and rural landscapes;
959:0012:0001 -- Unidentified photographer. Cloud Cap Inn, Mount Hood, Oregon, 1892. Albumen print. Inscribed on mount verso: "Front view of Cloud Cap inn at timber line / of Hood Mountain Aug 23rd 1892";
959:0012:0002 -- Unidentified photographer. Rear view of Cloud Cap Inn with snow drifts up to the roof, 1889 or later. Albumen print;
972:0011:0001 -- Unidentified photographer. Baby in carriage, circa 1870-1905. Gelatin silver print (crayon enlargement) 48.5 x 33 cm (visible image); 58 x 42.7 cm (oval frame);
973:0038:0001 -- Unidentified photographer. [Electric Mine Hoist, Helca Mining Co.], Wallace Idaho;
980:0032:0003 -- Unidentified photographer. Group portrait of two women and four men seated outdoors on the steps of a house, early 20th century. Gelatin silver print;
974:0100:0001 -- Unidentified photographer. View looking towards shore of an electric coal-tipper along a canal in Ruhrort, Duisburg, Germany, between 1903 and 1908. Gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 28 cm. The photograph was removed from the Ransom Center's copy of Die Duisburg-Ruhrorter Häfen. Denkschrift zur Vollendung der in den Jahren 1903 bis 1908 ausgeführten Hafen-Erweiterungen [=The Duisburg-Ruhrort harbors. Memorandum to complete the port expansions carried out between 1903 and 1908] ([Duisburg am Rhein: J. A. Steinkamp, 1908?]), which can be found with call number q TC 274 D8 O7 1908b HRC. The image is reproduced twice in the book, first as a small photomechanical illustration on page 59, and second as photogravure plate [5];
980:0033:0009-0026 -- Cartes-de-visite-sized reproductions of paintings withdrawn from album, paintings are of dogs, stags, hunting scenes, and religious Christian iconography;
980:0033:0032 -- Group portrait of men and boys, some of whom wear graduation caps, seated and standing in front of an ivy-covered building, undated. Albumen print;
980:0033:0033 -- Group portrait, taken outdoors, of an older woman seated, four younger women standing behind her, and a toddler seated at her feet, undated. Albumen print;
981:0018:0024 -- Unidentified photographer. Copy of Madonna and Child painting. Albumen print, 53 x 18 cm (image); 69.2 x 24.5 cm (irregular sheet);


996:0029:0002 -- Unidentified photographer. Interior of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, 19th century. Albumen print, 37.5 x 51.6 cm (print); 41.6 x 55.7 cm (preservation support);
999:0024:0029 -- Unidentified photographer. Mexican boy sleeping, undated. Gelatin silver print, 35 x 27.6 cm;
999:0036:0006 -- Unidentified photographer. James A. Garfield, undated. Collotype, 31.2 x 23.8 cm;
999:0036:0007 -- Unidentified photographer. James A. Garfield, undated. Photogravure, 23.1 x 14.9 cm;
999:0036:0008 -- Unidentified photographer. James A. Garfield, undated. Photogravure, 24.2 x 16.4 cm;
999:0036:0016 -- Unidentified photographer. Alexander Hamilton, undated. Halftone print, 21.6 x 14.6 cm;
999:0036:0017 -- Unidentified photographer. Benjamin Harrison, undated. Photogravure, 24.1 x 16.4 cm;
999:0036:0018 -- Unidentified photographer. Benjamin Harrison, undated. Photogravure, 22.7 x 15.2 cm;
999:0036:0019 -- Unidentified photographer. Rutherford B. Hayes, undated. Photogravure, 22.7 x 15.1 cm;
999:0036:0020 -- Unidentified photographer. Rutherford B. Hayes, undated. Photogravure, 24 x 16.4 cm;
999:0036:0021 -- Unidentified photographer. Photomontage of Hitler and Mussolini, circa 1940s. Halftone print, 27.5 x 19.6 cm;
999:0036:0024 -- Unidentified photographer. Marble bust of Homer, undated. Halftone print, 24.8 x 18.8 cm;
999:0036:0056 -- Unidentified photographer. Milton's Cottage, undated. Photogravure, 14.9 x 17.4 cm;
999:0036:0119 -- Unidentified photographer. Portrait of unidentified man, undated. Photogravure, 21 x 14.6 cm;
999:0036:0121 -- Unidentified photographer. Portrait of unidentified man, undated. Photogravure, 18 x 11.9 cm;
999:0036:0123 -- Unidentified photographer. Portrait of unidentified man standing, holding book, 1860s-1890s. Albumen print, 12.3 x 8.8 cm;
999:0036:0125 -- Unidentified photographer. Reproduction of a sketch portrait of Arthur Livingston, undated. Halftone print, 35.5 x 24.5 cm;
999:0036:0126 -- Unidentified photographer. Stone bust of unidentified man, undated. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 20.2 cm;
999:0036:0127 -- Unidentified photographer. Unidentified man seated, undated. Halftone print, 30.5 x 22.7 cm;
999:0036:0128 -- Unidentified photographer. Unidentified man seated, undated. Halftone print, 30.4 x 22.6 cm;
999:0036:0129 -- Unidentified photographer. Unidentified man seated on porch with newspaper, undated. Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8.8 cm;
2000:0084:0001 -- Unidentified photographer. George Hammond Foster, 1945. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches);
2000:0084:0002 -- Unidentified photographer. George Hammond Foster, 1940s. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches).
2001:0060:0005 -- Unidentified photographer. 212. Amiens. La Nef de la Cathedrale, 20th century. Gelatin silver print, 27.5 x 21.7 cm (print); 45.5 x 35.5 cm (mount);
2001:0060:0006 -- Unidentified photographer. 218. Cathedrale de Reims. La Nef[illegible], 20th century. Gelatin silver print, 27.6 x 21.5 cm (print); 45.5 x 35.5 cm (mount);
2001:0060:0007 -- Unidentified photographer. Rouen Cathedral, 1933. Gelatin silver print, 57.3 x 35.9 cm (print); 70.3 x 55.8 cm (mount);
2001:0060:0008 -- Unidentified photographer. York Cathedral, 1921. Gelatin silver print, 50.1 x 39.8 cm (print); 70.4 x 56 cm (mount).

Accession No(s):

958:0004:0001-0008; 958:0094:0001-0002; 958:0095:0001; 958:0300:0001-0012; 959:0012:0001-0002; 965:0002:0001-0002; 972:0011:0001; 973:0038:0001; 974:0100:0001; 978:0023:0001; 980:0033:0009-0026, 0032-0033; 981:0018:0024; 981:0019:0004, 0006-0007, 0056-0064; 983:0057:0001-0009; 983:0064:0007; 984:0045:0004-0005; 994:0062:0001; 999:0024:0029; 999:0036:0006-0008, 0016-0021, 0024, 0056, 0119, 0121, 0123, 0125-0128, 0129, 0132; 2000:0084:0001-0002; 2001:0060:0005-0008; 2008:0004:0001-0003; 2010:0003:0001

Location(s):

Flat File (956:0030:0001-0028)
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Special permission required 1 osb (painted Talbotypes)
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Curatorial permission required Box 6 (983:0057:0001-0009; 983:0064:0007)
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4 osb (Boxes 2-5) Unidentified Photographers
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Windmill Box (981:0019:0007)
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Curatorial permission required Paper Neg. Box, Medium (1 unaccessioned)
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Curatorial permission required Paper Neg. Box, Small (18 unaccessioned)
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Unid. Photo. uncat (Boxes 1-3)
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1 osb (981:0019:0007)
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Crayon Enlargement Box (972:0011:0001)
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Curatorial permission required 1 osb (28 framed glass lantern slides)
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Curatorial permission required 4 osb (ambrotypes, frames)
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Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Gernsheim Glass Negatives Box 1
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Flat File (981:0018:0024)
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Flat File (973:0038:0001)
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See Also:

Unidentified Photographers (Gernsheim) Photography Collection