Charles Isaacs Collection
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Isaacs, Charles
Saché, John Edward, 1824-1882
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934
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circa 1850-1900
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73 albumen prints (various sizes.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2002.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
73 albumen photo prints, some mounted, many signed and numbered in the negative and some with hadwritten penciled identifications, various sizes. A small number are hand-tinted. Images depict Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan and China. Subjects include portraits, people in daily activities, street scenes, city views, architecture, fauna and gardens, and ...
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Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992
Falk, Pauline
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1904-1998
bulk 1935-1980
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24 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2002.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers of art collectors Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000) and Myron (Johnny) Falk Jr. (1906-1992), 1904-1998. Created and collected by the Falks, this collection includes: biographical data; black-and-white and color prints of art objects and people; photo albums of art objects in the Falk's art collection; symposium papers, scholarly reviews, and...
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Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942
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undated
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1 Album (42 leaves, unbound, 38 x 52 cm.)
1 Album (8 leaves, Japanese bound cloth-covered boards with gilt edges, 28 x 37 cm.)
1 Album (8 leaves, embroidered cloth-covered boards with gilt edges and silk endpapers, 36 x 48 cm.)
1 Item (one photographic portrait, in a 55 x 45 cm. frame, image 23 x 17 cm.)
2 Items (two signed photographic portraits, in elaborately carved frames, 44 x 34 cm., images 28 x 21 cm.)
2 Items (two photographic portraits, in 48 x 40 cm. frames, images 27 x 22 cm.)
1 Item (one photographic portrait, in a 23 x 13 cm. frame, 14 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print (loose, 26 x 18 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2009.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
A collection of photographs and photographic albums obtained by Alice Roosevelt, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, when she accompanied the Taft Mission to Asia in the summer of 1905. The collection contains 1.) One album of 8 leaves, embroidered cloth-covered boards with gilt edges and silk endpapers, 36 x 48 cm., containing 16 photographs...
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Underwood & Underwood
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1895-1921
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160 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0143
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The major part of the collection, series 1-4, contains nearly 28,000 glass plates, including original stereoscopic negatives, interpositives, and both negative and positive non-stereoscopic plates used to produce lantern slides and paper prints. The photographs were taken all over the world. The majority are from the Underwood & Underwood active fi...
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Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah, 1856-1928
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circa 1914-1916
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50 Negatives (glass)
23 Negatives (nitrate)
120 lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.139
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made and collected by Scidmore documenting life in Japan and China. They depict people, agriculture, crafting and jewelry, and natural and urban settings. Some additional photographs were made in South America and possibly the Philippines. The collection includes lantern slides published by the William H. Jackson Photo and Publishing Co...
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Janse, Olov Robert Thure
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undated
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1.5 Items (linear feet of glass plate and film negatives)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2014.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Glass Plate and film negatives of various artifacts and archaeological sites reflecting Janse's research throughout China and SE Asia.
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Xunling, 1874-1943
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undated
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44 Items
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.13
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Cixi (慈禧太后), Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908, Photographs. Forty-four glass plate negatives depicting the Empress Dowager of China, Cixi of the Qing dynasty, taken between 1903 to 1905 by the photographer Xunling (勋龄; ca.1880-1943). Scenes include the empress dowager on the imperial barge, in the Summer Palace (颐和园) with attendants, and individ...
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Plumer, James Marshall
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circa 1930's-1960
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250 Photographs (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.14
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers of the collection include: printed material, correspondence, drawings, and maps.
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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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Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942
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1923-1934
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20 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
An associate curator and associate in archaeology at the Freer Gallery of Art from 1922 to 1942, the collection of Carl Whiting Bishop (1881-1942) document his Gallery-sponsored travels to China from 1923 to 1934 and include an unpublished manuscript describing his archaeological research in China; line drawings; rubbings; maps; note cards; and nearly 4,000 glass and film negatives with corresponding original silver prints. These document his expeditions in northern and central China, illustrating archaeological sites in Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces. Specific digs include the large neolithic site at Wanquan, Shanxi, and sixth century C.E. tombs near Fenyin. Additional images show Chinese cityscapes, daily life and customs, topography, temples, pagodas, caves, and sculpture.