Commercial paper writing tablet containing Bretz's notes on photograph by flash in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Cover: "The Palmetto Tablet No. 4 / permanently bound, / ruled and perforated," sold "From Sykes & Rice, Commercial and School Supplies a Specialty. Pottsville, Pa." "Keystone Handy Pencil Tablet" on verso. Contains eight leaves, some torn out. Bretz's "photo artist" blind-stamp at bottom of first page. Note on second page regarding "photographs of Kohinoor Mine interior by Electric Light." Bretz describes his camera, lens, plates, exposure times, etc. The notes appear to have been made in response to a request for an article about Bretz's work.
Biographical / Historical:
Bretz photographed throughout the northern and western portions of Pennsylvania, particularly in the coal mining regions around Pottsville and State College.
Local Numbers:
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General:
In Box 7, Bretz folder. (Moved from original location in "Tablets" series.)
Other Archival Materials:
Ten trade cards and other items with Bretz's imprint in the same Warshaw collection folder. Elsewhere: A portable collodion darkroom tent used by Bretz is in the photographic history collection of the National Museum of American History. See http://www.civilwar.si.edu/life_portable_darkroom.html. A large collection of photographs by Bretz is in the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, Maryland. See http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/digitcoll.php
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series 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.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Photography, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Contee, abandoned complex of sand and gravel mines of the old Contee Gravel Company, Konterra Bog #1, at the western end of Muirkirk Road in relatively undisturbed woodland on the south side of the mines., Prince George's, Maryland, United States, North America
Contee, abandoned complex of sand and gravel mines of the old Contee Gravel Company, Konterra Bog #1, at the western end of Muirkirk Road in relatively undisturbed woodland on the south side of the mines., Prince George's, Maryland, United States, North America
Contee, abandoned complex of sand and gravel mines of the old Contee Gravel Company, Konterra Bog #1, at the western end of Muirkirk Road in relatively undisturbed woodland on the south side of the mines., Prince George's, Maryland, United States, North America
Mucky soil of spring seep in oak-tulip tree in forest. Search this
Place:
Gold Mine Tract east of Great Falls, 0.2 mi. south of junction of MacArthur Blvd. and Falls Road (Maryland Route 189), 2 mi. southwest of Potomac., Montgomery, Maryland, United States, North America
