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Gardner, Iva Towsley
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1854-1859
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2 Ambrotypes (photographs) (1/4 plate)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.100
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 2 hand-colored ambrotypes that depict portraits of Potawatomi Chief Shabbona, circa 1854-1859. The ambrotypes were given to Iva Towsley Gardner when she served as a nurse within the Potowatami community. The ambrotypes are housed in a union case that features a horse and rider motif. The photographs may have been shot on di...
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Smith, Henry H.
Imhof, Joseph, 1871-1955
- Dates:
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1858
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1 Ambrotypes (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.385
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National Museum of the American Indian
Ambrotype of Chief Okemos [Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)] photographed by Henry H. Smith in 1858.
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1857
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 quarter-plate ambrotype)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0617
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This quarter-plate ambrotype made by an unknown photographer shows the balloon ascension by John Steiner at Erie, Pennsylvania, on June 18, 1857.
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Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005
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1870-1880
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63 Tintypes
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4391
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National Anthropological Archives
The material includes 4 tintypes and ambrotypes (on glass) in daguerreotype cases. 1 album containing 34 tintypes and small cardboard pictures. 1 album containing 25 tintypes and small cardboard pictures. Subjects unidentified (no names.) The pictures are mainly by Caledonia, Ontario photographers.
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Hazen, Margaret Hindle
Hazen, Robert M.
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circa 1818-1931
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13.5 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0253
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Large collection of photographs, picture postcards, printed ephemera, and music related to the brass band movement in the United States: includes 8 ambrotypes, 36 tintypes, 59 stereographs, 66 cabinet prints, 90 cartes-de-visite, 150 large photoprints, and 874 picture postcards; also posters, concert programs, instrument manufacturers' advertisemem...
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Chittenden, Alice Brown, 1859 or 60-1944
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1860-1972
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0.8 Items (linear ft.(on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chitalic
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence; notebooks; drawings and sketches; financial logbook; scrapbook; exhibition catalogs; and photographs.
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ANONYMOUS
- Dates:
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1854-1858 ?
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1 item (copy print from original ambrotype )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4982
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Man wears bead necklaces, silver brooches, wire earrings, and European-style trousers and jacket. For discussion of dating and detailed description of the original (owned by donor), see accession correspondence in National Anthropological Archives files.
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Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
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circa 1862-1985
bulk 1890-1985
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20.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.spohclay
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Clay Spohn papers measure 20.4 linear feet and date from circa 1862 to 1985 with the bulk of the material dating from 1890 to 1985. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes and writings, art work, printed material, and photographs which reflect the life and career of painter and educator Clay Spohn.
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Smith family (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Dates:
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1793-1977
bulk 1826-1977
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5.12 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.smitfami
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers comprise 5.12 linear feet and are dated 1793-1977, bulk 1826-1977. Correspondence, writings, artwork, financial records, printed material, miscellaneous items and photographs provide documentation of the lives and works of painter, illustrator and poet, Russell Smith, and his son, painter Xanthus Smith, and scattered documentation of the lives of his wife, painter and educator Mary Priscilla Smith, and daughter and painter Mary Russell Smith.
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Casilear, John William, 1811-1893
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1832-1962
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80 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.casijohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, including two letters to engraver and landscape painter John Frederick Kensett, 1832-1833, four to his son, John W. Casilear, Jr. 1891-1892; typed excerpts from a diary kept by Kensett, 1840-1841; genealogical and biographical material including family documents, articles and publication extracts about Casilear, compiled and/or anno...