Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-21050

Collection Name:

Albert Einstein Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Fleischmann, Trude, 1895-1990 (1895 - 1990)

Reinberg, Genia

Vollenweider, Emil, 1849-1921

No. of Items:

4 photographs

Span Dates:

first half 20th century

Description:

The collection consists of four photographs of and related to physicist Albert Einstein (German-American, 1879-1953). He is pictured alone (P1), with Maurice Solovine (P2), and with Solovine and Conrad Habicht (P3). The fourth photograph (P4) is of a memorial to Einstein sculpted by Robert Berks. Identified photographers include: Trude Fleischmann (Austrian-American, 1895-1990) (P1); Genia Reinberg (French, active 1910s-1930s) (P2); and Emil Vollenweider (Swiss, 1849-1921) (P3).

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the larger Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Accession No(s):

P1-P4

Location(s):

Lit File OV Box, Small (P1)
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Einstein, A., Lit File (P2-P4)
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