Waldstein, Charles, 1856-1927 (archaeologist) Search this
Extent:
17 Photographs
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Cabinet photographs
Date:
ca. 1870-1900
Summary:
This collection contains twelve photoprints in the cabinet print format, although only nine are true albumen cabinet prints. The subjects depicted are European scientists. Except as otherwise noted in the listing, biographical information about the subjects was located in standard biographical references, such as Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Chambers' Dictionary of Scientists, and World Who's in Science.
Scope and Contents:
12 photoprints: portraits of various scientists and scholars, including Irish, French, English, and German men. All are on cabinet-size mounts, nine being silver albumen cabinet prints, while three are silver gelatin prints.
Arrangement:
One series, unarranged.
Provenance:
Purchased from the Harris Auction Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Baltimore Photo. Co., ca. 1890s Baltimore, Md Search this
Extent:
14 Photographs
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Memorial cards
Cabinet prints
Place:
Maryland -- 1890-1900
Date:
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains thirteen items photoprints, including albumen cabinet prints, and a memorial card from about the 1890's. The photographs are studio portraits, including six by Baltimore photographers. These items were in the custody of various family members during the early twentieth century, then collected and identified by Mrs. Jefferson in 1964. The identifications presumably are all in Mrs. Jefferson's handwriting.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged numerically according to inventory.
Biographical / Historical:
Virgie Adams Williams Jefferson was a schoolteacher, who was born on June 10, 1888, in Dorchester County, Maryland, to Mary Elizabeth Hackett Williams and William Spry Williams; she was their third child. She graduated from Western Maryland College in 1909 and taught in a one room schoolhouse before her marriage. She married Jerome Davis Jefferson on November 11, 1914, and died on May 3, 1986. The donor of these photographs, Mrs. Mary J. Burnett, is the daughter of Virgie Williams Jefferson.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Mary J. Burnett, (Mrs. William F.), 1988, May 24.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Topic:
Portraits -- Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Maryland Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1850-1900
Memorial cards -- 1890-1900
Cabinet prints -- 1870-1900 -- Maryland
Citation:
The Virgie Williams Jefferson Photoprint Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
