Mrs. Harry C. Norcross Collection of Early Photographs of Japan, circa 1890's
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Norcross, Henry C.
Norcross, Henry C., Mrs.
Ogawa, Kazumasa, 1860-1930
Tamamura, Kozaburo, 1856-19??
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undated
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13 albumen prints (color, 27.9 x 19.2 cm or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2003.13
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Unmounted and hand-colored albumen prints created by unidentified commercial studios for the export market, portraying the people, sites and daily life of Japan during the Meiji period. Photographers identified: Tamamura Kozaburo and Ogawa Kazumasa. Images include: Women looking at a sign ; Women enjoying tea on a balcony ; Geikos on a leisure boat...
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Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
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1860 - ca. 1900
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616 Items (approximate count)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1999.35
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s...
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Bromley, General Charles V.
Tamamura, Kozaburo, 1856-19??
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circa 1890
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46 albumen prints
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2016.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One accordion album (19.5x x 15.5 x 3.5 cm.) of 46 hand tinted albumen prints of scenes and studio constructs of Japan. Covers are red lacquer with gold and silver decoration and ivory inlays. One inlay is lost and the covers are separated from the album. Prints are held loosely to the pages by pasted paper corners. . Album is likely a Yokohama stu...
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Omata, Hiroko
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ca. 1900-2006.
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0924
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents family history in Japan and in America and consists of photographs, documents and genealogical charts. There are also original audio recordings of Japanese poetry recitations and a transcript of an oral history interview relating to the internment of Japanese Americans.
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Tokita, Kamekichi
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circa 1900-circa 2010
bulk 1900-1948
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1.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tokikame
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Archives of American Art
The scattered personal papers of Seattle area painter Kamekichi Tokita (1897-1948) measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to circa 2010 with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1910 to 1948. The papers include biographical materials, including documents about the closing of the War Relocation Authority's Minidoka Camp in Idaho; correspondence; three diaries written in Japanese documenting Tokita's war time experiences and relocation to Minidoka, two earlier notebooks, also written in Japanese, and scattered notes; a few personal business records; printed materials; one scrapbook; sketches; and one family photograph album.
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Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
Cummings, Paul
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1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26
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148 Pages (Transcript)
1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (5 min. 29 sec.), digital)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.noguch73
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Isamu Noguchi conducted 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
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Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
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1907-1973
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3.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macdstan
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Southern California painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1907 to 1973. The collection contains correspondence with family, friends, and artists, including Morgan Russell, and his wife Suzanne Binon, Michel and Suzanne Seuplor, Ann and John Summerfield, and Bethany Wilson. Also found are writings, six diaries, travel journals, printed materials, and artwork.
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Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
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1876-1931
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131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.
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Selden, Dixie, 1868-1935
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1837-1936
1993-2001
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4.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.selddixi
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist Dixie Selden measure 4.3 linear feet and date from 1837-1936 and 1993-2001. The collection documents the life, world travels, and professional career of the Impressionist painter from Cincinnati, Ohio, through biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries, printed material, a scrapbook, photographs, artwork, sketchbooks, and artifacts.
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Frick Company, George (Waynesboro, Pa.)
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1852-1961
bulk 1860-1920
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26 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0293
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection documents, in correspondence, publications, forms, paperwork, drawings, newspaper clippings, diplomas and photographs, the operations and products of the Frick Company of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam-powered engines (portable, stationary, and traction), sawmills, threshing machines, grain separators and other mechanized agricultural harvesting implements, refrigeration, mechanical cooling systems, and ice making plants, from its founding in 1852 through 1961.