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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Richard McCowan Photoprints
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1210
- Creators:
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McCowan, Richard
- Dates:
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1948 - 2009
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.1 Cubic feet1 box
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Four photographic prints by Richard McCowan, several presumably from negatives by other photographers: Harry Truman on his whistlestop campaign, 1948; Harry Truman with Winston Churchill, ca. 1950; Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., 1992; and a carbro print, "Cobblestones, Tower of London," 1985.
Arrangement
Arrangement
1 series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
American photographer, a master printer with the carbro process.
Administration
Author
NMAH Staff
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Prints created by Richard McCowan and donated directly to the Archives Center by him.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Richard McCowan Photoprints, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Carbro process | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Carbro -- 1980-1990 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Cobblestones | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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