Microfilm of the Benjamin Stone collection of photographs relating to Britain and Europe, North America, South America, Africa, India, and Australasia. Prints made from the microfilm are mostly of portraits of American Indians and some field images relating to delegations, expeditions, dwellings, and the 1862 Sioux uprising in Minnesota. They include depictions of Arikara, Ojibwa, Miniconjou, Dakota, Pawnee, Winnebago, Iroquois, Ute, Blackfoot, Cree, Crow, Salish, and Kootenai Indians. There are also images of buildings, boats, railroads, and scenic views from around America, as well as the Smithsonian Castle in 1871 and Chicago after the Great Fire. Photographers represented include B. H. Gurnsey, Joel Emmons Whitney, and Adrian J. Ebell.
Biographical note:
Sir John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914) was born in Birmingham, England, to a glass-making family, a profession he briefly joined before starting a career in politics. He was elected representative of the Duddlestone Ward on the Birmingham Town Coucil in 1869, later becoming Mayor Cutton (1886-1891) and Member of Parliament for East Birmingham (1895-1910). Inspired by a love of antiquities, Stone began to collect and then make photographs during his international travels to East Asia, the West Indies, Africa, and North and South America. As the first president of the Birmingham Photographic Society, he encouraged the development of the Warwickshire Photographic Survey. Additionally, he helped found the National Photographic Record Association, and served as President of the organization. During his time in Parliament, Stone made a photographic survey of the Palace of Westminster and was official photographer for the Coronation of King Geroge V in 1910. His photographs were published in the two-volume Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures (1905).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot R4859
Reproduction Note:
Prints made by the Smithsonian Institution, 1969.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Some photographs have been separated into Photo Lot 24. These photographs are represented by item-level descriptions linked to this record.
Contained in:
Numbered manuscripts 1850s-1980s (some earlier)
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Copy prints of photographs in the Birmingham Public Library in Birmngham, England. Reference copies can be made for Smithsonian Institution staff only. Permission to publish and other prints can be obtained from the Birmingham Public Library.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) -- 1900-1910
Scope and Contents:
Aerial view of Mall, looking from west to east toward the U.S. Capitol; Smithsonian castle and Arts and Industries Building (former U.S. National Museum) are included.
Local Numbers:
97-46 (OPPS Neg.)
RSN 11081
General:
Currently stored in box 2.2.3 [104].
NOTE: IMAGE LINK PROBLEM!!!
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Order from SI Neg. No. 97-46. Public domain. Fees for commercial use.
Order from neg. no. 97-46. Public domain. Fees for commercial use.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) -- 1900-1910
Washington (D.C.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
ca. 1900
Scope and Contents:
View of Smithsonian Castle and the Mall, showing U.S. Capitol in background. [Similar to VDF 19824, RSN 20589.]
Local Numbers:
97-44 (OPPS Neg.)
RSN 11091
General:
Currently stored in box 2.2.3 [104].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Order from SI Neg. no. 97-44. Public domain. Fees for commercial use.
Topic:
Architecture, Victorian -- 1900-1910 -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
The collection consists of drawings of stone tools collected by Louis Guesde in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe and related materials. The collection includes a set of 68 watercolors on paper, an album of 20 watercolors, and a copy of an article by Otis T. Mason.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Louis Athanase Mathieu Guesde was born in Hamacao, Puerto Rico in 1844. He spent his youth in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, and studied in Paris from 1856 to 1867. He returned to Guadelupe to work in the Ministry of Finance and later as secretary of the Chamber of Agriculture. He was an amateur archaeologist and illustrator, who assembled a large collection of Carib stone tools and produced lifelike illustrations of his collection. Guesde died in 1924.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7464
NAA MS 7484
USNM Accession 29775
Variant Titles:
Antiquités Caraïbes. Collection L. Guesde.
Carib stone tools
Carib stone implements
Related Materials:
The Musee du Quai Branly holds a collection of illustrations by Guesde.
The Department of Anthropology holds objects collected by Guesde under Accession Numbers 15848, 17654, and 35724.
Mostly views of Washington, D.C., including Washington Monument and grounds, Union Station, main post office, the Mall (one view includes three sailors on a bench), the Smithsonian Institution building, the Museum of Natural History, the U.S. Capitol, Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, and the House Office Building. Scenes in Virginia include: the mast of the battleship "Maine" in Arlington, soldiers at Fort Myer, Mount Vernon—including a boat landing, school room, boxwood gardens, the tomb—and views of the Potomac River, Great Falls, and the dam supplying water to the District of Columbia.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Lynn Turner Family Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Mostly views of Washington, D.C., including Washington Monument and grounds, Union Station, main post office, the Mall (one view includes three sailors on a bench), the Smithsonian Institution building, the Museum of Natural History, the U.S. Capitol, Almost all scenes of people photographed outdoors in Washington, D.C., and suburbs. One snapshot of a young woman is dated September 1920 and there are many others of young American soldiers with girl friends and wives in U.S. Army camp settings. Settings include the U.S. Capitol, parks, the Tidal Basin, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington Monument, Logan Circle, C & 0 Canal, and the Great Falls area.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Lynn Turner Family Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
