Thomas Alva Edison Photoprints
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ETL Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Keystone View Company
Shinn, Walter Scott
Underwood & Underwood, Inc.
More … - Dates:
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1890s-1933
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0.67 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0299
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into two series: (a) Silver gelatin prints; and (b) xerographic copy prints made in the museum. The collection consists of approximately 340 photoprints (count to be verified) documenting the life of Thomas Alva Edison, especially the later period, beginning in his early fifties, continuing until his death in 1931 at age ...
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George Eastman House
- Dates:
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mid-19th - early 20th century
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248 Negatives (circa, 35mm)
248 Copy prints (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R79
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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of photogaphs selected from the George Eastman House collection by Bureau of American Ethnology archivist Margaret Blaker in 1962. Many of the photographs are individual or group portraits of American Indians and some highlight pottery, baskets, and cradleboards. There are also images of American Indian dwellings, including tipis and hogans;...
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De Mare, Marie
- Dates:
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1811-1966
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2 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.demamari
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, writings, drawings and printed material by or about G.P.A. Healy, compiled by his grandaughter, Marie De Mare, in the process of the writing of her book G.P.A. HEALY, AMERICAN ARTIST (1954).
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Stebbins, Alfred
- Dates:
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1834-1872
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1 Reel (ca. 100 items (on 1 microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.stebalfr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters, autographs, and photographs of artists solicited by Stebbins and pasted in his copy of Henry T. Tuckerman's BOOK OF THE ARTISTS (1867). Among the artists are Christopher P. Cranch, F.O.C. Darley, Sanford R. Gifford, Eastman Johnson, Miner K. Kellogg, John F. Kensett, Jervis McEntee, Samuel F.B. Morse, Thomas Nast, Erastus D. Palmer, George...
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Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993
Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1965 Jan. 23
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23 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.newhal65
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Beaumont Newhall conducted 1965 Jan. 23, by Joseph Trovato, for the Archives of American Art. Newhall speaks of his education and first jobs in museums; his administration of the WPA Federal Art Project in Massachusetts; Berenice Abbott's photographs of New York; and the Farm Security Administration's photography project. He speaks ...
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Barber, John, 1893-1965
- Dates:
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1911-1975
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3 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barbjohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The microfilmed John Barber papers contain correspondence; sketches and 46 sketchbooks; a Jules Pascin sketchbook (1922); photogrpahs of Barber, Pascin, and Helen and John Sloan; personal documents; exhibition catalogs; and clippings. Among the correspondents are George Biddle, Stuart Davis, Maurice Becker, Morris Blackburn, Frederic Taubes, Robert...
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Evans, William T., 1843-1918
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1842-1969
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0.01 Linear feet (ca. 900 items (on 3 micofilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.evanwill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Printed material and letters to Evans from collectors, dealers, and artists. Letters discuss business matters including the Munich International Art Exposition 1883, the American Watercolor Society, the Salmagundi Club, the Lotos Club, and Evans loaning work from his private collection for exhibitions, requests from artists wanting Evans to comment...
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Chase, J. Eastman
- Dates:
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1866-1917
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chasj
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The scattered papers of art dealer J. Eastman Chase measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1866 to 1917. Found is an autobiographical sketch, letters from prominent late 19th and early 20th century artists, printed material, and a scrapbook.
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Comfort, George Fisk, 1834-1910
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[ca.1857]-1955
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2 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.comfgeor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical materials, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, sketchbook, subject files, photographs and printed materials documenting George Fisk Comfort's career as an educator and museum director, selected from the Comfort Family papers at Syracuse University.
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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Godwin, Parke, 1816-1904
- Dates:
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1821-1901
- Size:
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200 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bryawill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters and printed material.
