Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Richard McCowan Photoprints

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1210
Creators:
McCowan, Richard
Dates:
1948 - 2009
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.1 Cubic feet
1 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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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