Martha Smith Collection of Stereographs and Postcards
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Underwood & Underwood
Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
Underwood & Underwood Studios
Exposition universelle de 1867 (Paris, France)
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circa 1904
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51 Stereographs (black and white)
2 Postcards (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2002.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
43 stereographs from the early twentieth century were produced by the Underwood & Underwood Studio depicting various scenes and people from Meiji Japan, 3 stereographs from the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, and two black and white postcards from Japan. Specific Japanese locations depicted include: Yokohama; Mississippi Bay and the M...
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Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
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1969-1985
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18 albumen prints (b&w)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.15
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Antoin Sevruguin managed and operated one of the most successful commercial photography studios in Tehran in the late 19th century. Born in the 1840s in Iran, Sevruguin's mother returned with her children to her hometown of Tbilisi after his father Vassil, a Russian diplomat in Iran, died in a horse riding accident. Trained as a painter, Sevruguin ...
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Vogt-O'Connor, Diane
Vogt-O'Connor, Diane
Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934
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circa 1878-1879
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3 albumen prints (color, 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Three handcolored albumen prints, one of Kamata Yashiki Garden in Tokyo; and two depicting Japanese women: one attributed to Baron Raimond Von Stillfired of Austria (1839-1911), circa 1879, depicting Japanese women in an architectural setting, and the other attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880's), circa 1878, showing two seated Japanese women...
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Burke, John, d. 1900
Scowen & Co.
Shepherd & Robertson
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19th century
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8 Prints (albumen, images 24 x 29 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1992.07
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Taken in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, these photographs portray the people, architecture and landscape of Sri Lanka, India and what is now the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. The collection consists of 8 photographic prints: 1. Natives of Rajputana, signed "Shepherd & Robertson Photo 1120" in black ink in the lower left corner; 2, Nat...
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Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
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circa 1904
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160 Items (Glass plate photonegatives, Box 1-13, 12.7x20.3 cm, 15.2x25.4 cm)
119 Items (Modern copy prints, Box 14-15, 12x19.5 cm)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Bailey Willis Glass Plate Photonegatives Collection consists of 160 glass plate photonegatives and 119 modern copy prints mostly of Japanese subjects. Depicting Meiji-era Japan and traditional paintings, the photographs are attributed to the prominent American geologist Bailey Willis, who travelled to Japan in 1904 in his return trip from China to ...
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Kroto, George, 1873-1946
Tsurubuchi, H.
Ikeda, Kametaro, 1862-1915
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1901-1910
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130 Items (glass lantern slides, color)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1992.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Handcolored stereopticon slides of Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. Images includes: place views, temples, tea houses, government buildings, domestic architecture, sculpture, landscapes, market scenes, women, Samurai warriors, wrestlers, Shinto and Buddhist priests, lantern makers, and workmen winding silk. Cities depicted include: Kamak...
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Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
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circa 1858
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35 Items (albumen prints mouned into album (2.5 linear ft.), black and white)
1 Photograph (black and white)
1 glass negative (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1993.04
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
35 albumen prints by Felice Beato, mounted into album format with captions, entitled "Photographs of Delhi and c.," depicting views of the Indian Mutiny near Delhi, India, ca. 1858. The photographs are an important record of buildings in Delhi which were subsequently destroyed by the British.
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Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck Captain
Scowen & Co.
Woodbury & Page
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circa 1850-1889
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304 albumen prints (approximate count)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1993.09
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Two personal photo albums of Captain Eugene Clutterbuck Impey containing images of his brother, Captain Henry Dixon and other unidentified photographers (some initialled in the negative) of the late 1850's and early 1860's, and British colonials. There are also images of various Indian peoples, a still life of game birds, a panoramic view supposedl...
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Callaghan, Lewis S.
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circa mid-20th century
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60 Prints (color, various sizes, all mounted on board.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
60 color photographic prints, mounted on board, from the mid-20th century by Lewis S. Callaghan. Images depict various scenes of India, including people, architecture and the landscape.
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Unknown
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undated
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3 Items (Photographs extent, Hand-painted silver gelatin prints, 8.5 x 6 3/8)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2011.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Three portraits of royal Nepalese women, the daughters of the Rana of Nepal and the Prime MInister (1931-1943) Juddah Samshar Janga Badahar Rana. The photos likely date from the 1910s-1920s. Each is a hand-tinted gelatin silver print mounted on paper.