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Commencement 1913 [Address book with tipped-in black-and-white photoprints]

Creator:
Davis, Ruth A.  Search this
Donor:
Strange, Susan B.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History  Search this
Ravnitzky, Michael  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5.25" x 8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Address books
Photographs
Date:
1913
Scope and Contents:
Addresses, mostly in ink, with tiny portrait prints pasted in.
Biographical / Historical:
Miss Davis probably lived in New England, as most addresses are from that area; photographers unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0404-0000038.tif (AC Scan: double-page spread, open to B's)
General:
In Photography, Folder 3.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Collection Rights:
Possible copyright and/or trademark restrictions on material in collection. Consult repository.
Topic:
Portraits -- 1910-1920  Search this
Genre/Form:
Address books -- 1910-1920
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Archives Center Business Americana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Archives Center Business Americana Collection
Archives Center Business Americana Collection / Photography
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8558157df-bcea-4edc-91eb-7e394146a938
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0404-ref1562

Leo H. Baekeland Papers

Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944  Search this
Names:
Bakelite Corporation  Search this
Nepera Chemical Co.  Search this
Extent:
15 Cubic feet (49 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Professional papers
Clippings
Laboratory notes
Personal correspondence
Photographs
Notebooks
Diaries
Date:
1976
1863 - 1968
Summary:
The papers document Leo H. Baekeland, a Belgian born chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile plastic. The papers include student notebooks; private laboratory notebooks and journals; commercial laboratory notes; diaries; patents; technical papers; biographies; newspaper clippings; maps; graphs; blueprints; account books; batch books; formula books; order books; photographs; and correspondence regarding Baekeland, 1887-1943.
Scope and Contents:
Baekeland documented his life prolifically through diaries, laboratory notebooks, photographs, and correspondence. These constitute the bulk of the collection. The Bakelite company history is also incompletely documented in this collection through Baekeland's correspondence, the commercial laboratory notebooks, and some company ledgers.
Arrangement:
Series 1: Reference Materials, 1863-1868 and undated

Subseries 1.1: Biographical, 1880-1965

Subseries 1.2:Company History, 1910-1961

Subseries 1.3: Related Interests, 1863-1968 and undated

Series 2: Published and Unpublished Writings (by Leo H. Baekeland), 1884-1945

Series 3: Correspondence, 1888-1963 Subseries 3.1: Personal Correspondence, 1916-1943

Subseries 3.2: Charitable Donations, 1916-1938

Subseries 3.3: Family Correspondence, 1888-1963

Subseries 3.4: Clubs and Associations, 1916-1943

Series 4: Diaries, 1907-1943

Series 5: Reading and Lecture Notes, 1878-1886

Series 6, Laboratory Notebooks, 1893-1915

Series 7: Commercial Laboratory Notebooks, 1910-1920

Series 8: Bakelite Company, 1887-1945

Series 9, Patents, 1894-1940

Series 10: Bakelite Corporation Ledgers, 1910-1924; 1935; 1939

Series 11: Photographs, 1889-1950 and undated

Subseries 11.1: Photographs, 1889-1950 and undated

Subseries 11.2: Film Negatives, 1900-1941 and undated

Subseries 11.3: Photoprints, 1894-1941

Subseries 11.4: Stereographs, 1888-1902 and undated

Subseries 11.5: Film and Glass Plate Negatives, 1899-1900 and undated

Series 12: Audio Materials, 1976
Biographical / Historical:
Leo Hendrik Baekeland was an industrial chemist famous for his invention of Bakelite, the first moldable synthetic polymer, and for his invention of Velox photographic paper. Baekeland's career as an inventor and innovator was punctuated by an urge to improve existing technologies and a willingness to experiment both meticulously and daringly. Born in Ghent, Belgium in 1863, Baekeland was a distinguished chemistry student and became a young professor at the University of Ghent. He had a long standing interest in photography and sought to further photographic technology with his expertise in chemistry. In 1887 he obtained his first patent for a dry plate which contained its own developer and could be developed in a tray of water. With the support of a business partner/faculty associate, Jules Guequier, he formed a company named Baekeland et Cie to produce the plate, but the venture failed due to lack of capital.

On August 8, 1889, he married Celine Swarts, daughter of his academic mentor Theodore Swarts, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Ghent. After his wedding he travelled to different countries using a traveling scholarship he had been awarded two years previously. His travels ended in the United States where he was offered a job researching chemical problems associated with manufacturing bromide papers and films with A. and H.T. Anthony and Company, a photographic supply producer. Leo and Celine Baekeland had three children: George, Nina and Jenny (1890-1895).

He left Anthony and Company in 1891 to be a consulting chemist. During that time he invented a photographic print paper using silver chloride which could be developed in artificial light instead of sunlight and thus offered more flexibility and consistency to photographers. In 1893, with financial support from Leonard Jacobi, a scrap metal dealer from San Francisco, he formed the Nepera Chemical Company in Yonkers, New York, to manufacture "gaslight" paper under the trade name Velox. The paper became quite popular and the company expanded its operations after its first three years. Finally, George Eastman bought the company for a reported $750,000 which afforded Baekeland the time to conduct his own research in a laboratory he set up on his estate, "Snug Rock," in Yonkers.

Baekeland worked on problems of electrolysis of salt and the production of synthetic resins. He was hired as a consultant to work with Clinton P. Townsend to perfect Townsend's patented electrolytic cell. Baekeland's work there contributed to the success of the Hooke Electrochemical Company which began in operations in Niagara Falls in 1905.

Simultaneously, in 1902 Baekeland began researching reactions of phenol and formaldehyde, and by 1907 was able to control the reactions and produce a moldable plastic (oxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride) which he named Bakelite. Although the process was not perfected for another couple of years, Baekeland applied for a patent for Bakelite right away. He announced his discovery to the scientific community in 1909, and in 1910 formed the General Bakelite Company. Bakelite was a thermosetting resin that, unlike Celluloid became permanently solid when heated. It was virtually impervious to heat, acids, or caustic substances. It could be molded into a wide variety of shapes and was an excellent electric insulator that came to replace hard rubber and amber for electrical and industrial applications. It was also suitable for a wide variety of consumer products such as billiard balls, jewelry, pot handles, telephones, toasters, electric plugs, and airplane instrument knobs. Two companies challenged Bakelite with significant competition, Condensite Corporation of America and Redmanol Chemical Products Company. Bakelite finally merged with these two companies in 1922 to become the Bakelite Corporation. Union Carbide finally bought the corporation in 1939.

Baekeland sustained his interest in photography by taking numerous photographs throughout his lifetime. He also devoted much of his spare time to professional societies and received various honorary degrees and awards such as the Perkin Medal. He had several hobbies such as boating, wine and beer making, and, exotic plants. He also traveled extensively throughout the world, which is documented in his diaries and photographs.

Baekeland spent his final years mostly in his Coconut Grove, Florida home where he became increasingly eccentric until his mind failed him and he was institutionalized. He died in 1943 at the age of eighty.

Scope and Content: Baekeland documented his life prolifically through diaries, laboratory notebooks, photographs, and correspondence. These constitute the bulk of the collection. The Bakelite company history is also incompletely documented in this collection through Baekeland's correspondence, the commercial laboratory notebooks, and some company ledgers.
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center

Albany Billiard Ball Company Records (AC0011)

Celluloid Corporation Records (AC0009)

J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics (AC0008)

Materials at Other Organizations

The Hagley Museum and Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department in Delaware also several related collections including: the Directors of Industrial Research Records, 1929 -982; the Du Pont Viscoloid Company, Survey of the Plastics Field, 1932; The Society of the Plastics Industry, 1937-1987; the Roy J. Plunkett Collection, 1910-1994 (inventor of Teflon); and the Gordon M. Kline Collection, 1903.
Separated Materials:
The National Museum of American History, Division Medicine and Science has several artifacts associated with Baekeland including the original "Bakalizer" the apparatus in which Bakelite was first made. See accession numbers: 1977.0368; 1979.1179; 1981.0976; 1982.0034; 1983.0524; 1984.0138.
Provenance:
The bulk of the collection was donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Physical Sciences in November, 1981, by Celine Karraker, Leo H. Baekeland's granddaughter.
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:
Phenolic resins  Search this
Travel -- Photographs  Search this
Chemists -- 1880-1970  Search this
Inventors -- 1880-1970  Search this
Plastics -- 1880-1970  Search this
Chemistry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Professional papers -- 1880-1970
Clippings -- 1880-1970
Laboratory notes
Personal correspondence -- 1880-1970
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 19th-20th century
Notebooks -- 1880-1970
Diaries -- 1880-1970
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century
Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Nitrate -- 19th-20th century
Citation:
Leo Baekeland Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0005
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Leo H. Baekeland Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep846e88df6-033d-4805-99e2-b308002a75f4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0005
Online Media:

Waterfront [photoprints]

Photographer:
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Series Creator:
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Custom Craft  Search this
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this
Extent:
11 Items (Silver gelatin on fiber-based paper, 8" x 10"; Silver gelatin on resin-coated paper, 8" x 10"; Silver gelatin on fiber-based paper, 11" x 14" .)
Culture:
African Americans -- 1900-1910  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) -- 1910-1920
Date:
1915
Scope and Contents:
Washington waterfront (Anacostia?), showing three figures and boats. One woman sits in a boat while another, wearing a long dress, holds the rope; a man wearing a cap walks toward them. Unframed prints in box 49.
Arrangement:
8 x 10" prints: In Box 1.1.B6 (originally Box 34).
General:
Staff note: No. 1998.3003.10 assigned to print used in exhibition.
Exhibitions Note:
Exhibited in "The Historic Photographs of Addison N. Scurlock" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 19-Aug. 29, 1976. (Catalog published.)

Print exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise" held in NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30-November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Series Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Boats and boating  Search this
Waterfronts -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Series Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs
Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs / 1.2: Subjects Black and White Photographs / Waterfront
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8747aa5fb-b07d-454d-b9b8-eabb1ff6210d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s01-ref7782

Valve tuner. With Fleming valves / Marconi W T Co. of America / About 1912 [typed on mount] [lack and white photoprint]

Collector:
Clark, George H.  Search this
Names:
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America  Search this
Collection Creator:
Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper; mounted on paper., 7.0" x 11.0")
Container:
Box 221, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
Circa 1912
Scope and Contents:
Tuner made by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. In ink at bottom of mount: SRM 46 208. "Photo to / G H Clark / from Geo. / Hayes" in ink on mount.
Local Numbers:
AC0055-0000032.tif (AC Scan)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Radio -- Receivers and reception  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
George H. Clark Radioana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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George H. Clark Radioana Collection
George H. Clark Radioana Collection / Series 49: Audio Signal Devices / Brandes Headset advertising material: posters, brochures (oversize)
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83ce4611f-30e5-4765-b26f-fb2f18df8d52
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0055-ref3678

[Marconi plant, black-and-white photoprint.]

Collector:
Clark, George H.  Search this
Names:
Marconi, Guglielmo, Marchese, 1874-1937  Search this
Collection Creator:
Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 8.3" x 11.0".)
Container:
Box 121, Folder book 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
Circa 1919
Local Numbers:
AC0055-0000033.tif (AC Scan)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Factories  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
George H. Clark Radioana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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George H. Clark Radioana Collection
George H. Clark Radioana Collection / Series 4: Biographies of Radio Personages, Technical / 4.12: Radio Corporation of America / "History of Specific (Radio) Companies" Scrapbook, pp. 1-171
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep877fb5915-efbf-441e-8a78-3b68a6ab9e3b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0055-ref3679

[Captain Edwin H. Armstrong, black-and-white photoprint.]

Collector:
Clark, George H.  Search this
Names:
Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890-1954  Search this
Collection Creator:
Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 9.7" x 6.9".)
Container:
Box 428, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1919
Scope and Contents:
Dressed in World War I uniform.
Local Numbers:
AC0055-0000036.tif (AC Scan)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
George H. Clark Radioana Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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George H. Clark Radioana Collection
George H. Clark Radioana Collection / Series A: Thomas Coke KnightT RCA Photographs, circa 1902-1950 / 1.12: Portraits / Armstrong
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85cc5a197-1b6a-4aa9-9043-33c91a3d8a2b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0055-ref3682

4th Cavalry, K Troop, Honolulu [photographic postcard]

Collector:
Hazen, Robert M.  Search this
Hazen, Margaret Hindle  Search this
Collection Creator:
Hazen, Margaret Hindle  Search this
Hazen, Robert M.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Hawaii -- 1890-1920
Honolulu (Hawaii) -- 1910-1920
Date:
[ca. 1912-1918]
Scope and Contents:
Cavalry mounted on horseback with musical instruments.
Postcard printed on Azo paper. With message, apparently from a K Troop band member ("this is a Photo of the Band...") and is addressed, but not stamped. Message identifies the unit. Photographer unidentified.
General:
Item No. 786, Series 1, Subseries 7, box 10 (1.7.786). "163" imprinted in negative, lower left.
Collection Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves.
Rights:
OPPS. Neg. No., from 99-382 to 99-385 [needs to be checked]. Copyright probably expired and image is in public domain; however, the Smithsonian Institution makes no warranty or representation regarding the fitness for publication of information derived from or copies from its collections. Reproduction permission available through Archives Center.
Topic:
Cavalry horses  Search this
Horsemen and horsewomen  Search this
Bands (Music) -- 1910-1920.  Search this
United States. Army -- 1910-1920.  Search this
Musicians -- 1900-1950  Search this
Cavalry -- 1910-1920  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Photographic postcards
Postcards -- 1910-1920
Picture postcards -- 1910-1920
Collection Citation:
Hazen Collection of Band Photographs and Ephemera, ca. 1818-1931, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Hazen Collection of Band Photographs and Ephemera
Hazen Collection of Band Photographs and Ephemera / Series 1: Photographs / 1.7: Picture Postcards / 4th Cavalry, K Troop, Honolulu. Ca. 1912-1918. Photographic postcard. (PC 491)
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8275f51a6-d670-4db6-8d12-51a0897cecfe
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0253-ref1983

[Clerks and messengers, Raleigh, North Carolina : photoprint]

Collector:
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Collection Creator:
United Telegraph Workers.  Search this
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 6.1" x 9.4")
Container:
Box 790, Folder 1-2
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
[1912]
Scope and Contents:
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0205-0000073 (AC Scan No.)

94-1819 (OPPS Neg.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Western Union Telegraph Company Records
Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 24: Scrapbooks / Scrapbook--The Little Traveler
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84fa5b503-1bd9-475e-bd22-3e56758a2b2d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0205-ref11300

[Printer department operators on break, Dallas, Texas [photoprint]

Collector:
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Collection Creator:
United Telegraph Workers.  Search this
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 9.3")
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Dallas (Tex.)
Texas
Date:
[1912.]
Scope and Contents:
"Beat this if you can," written in the margin. Photographer unidentified.
Arrangement:
In Series ?, Box ?, Folder ?
Local Numbers:
AC0205-0000075 (AC Scan No.)

94-1818 (OPPS Neg.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Offices -- 1900-1920  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Western Union Telegraph Company Records
Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 23: Photographs / 23.13: Oversized Photographs / Group of postal telegraph messengers. 1898
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fb5a7fec-8d8b-43e7-9ac0-d84b9ff30521
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0205-ref11302

[Installation of Raritan Bay submarine cable, Keansburg, New Jersey : black-and-white photoprint,]

Collector:
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Collection Creator:
United Telegraph Workers.  Search this
Western Union Telegraph Company  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 6.4" x 6.9")
Container:
Box 737, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographs
Place:
Raritan Bay
New Jersey -- 1910-1920
Keansburg (N.J.)
Date:
1917
Scope and Contents:
Caption under image: "25. Cable on beach just before pulling / into manhole at Keansburg, N.J." Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0205-0000127 (AC Scan)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Beaches  Search this
Cables  Search this
Telegraph, Wireless  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Western Union Telegraph Company Records
Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 23: Photographs / 23.7: Equipment / "Installation of Raritan Bay Submarine Cable, 1917."
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8bb5161ed-eac0-49c8-b5ae-878c8f1ab48d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0205-ref11343

Rosalie O'Connell Photograph Album

Collector:
O'Connell, Rosalie Melita  Search this
Names:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company  Search this
Pennsylvania Railroad.  Search this
Gable family  Search this
Barry, George  Search this
Extent:
0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albums
Photographs
Place:
Baltimore (Md.) -- 1910-1920
Date:
1912-1917
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains 205 photoprints, including 149 informal outdoor portraits and 46 studio portraits. Although the photographs, post cards, and other materials have been physically removed from the cyanotype album, album captions for the photographs are preserved in copy photographs made before the materials were removed during conservation treatment. The following is excerpted from Carolyn Long's paper, "The History and Conservation Treatment of the Baltimore and Ohio Cyanotype Book and Rosalie O'Connell's Album, Plus the Cyanotype Process Explained" (copy in control file).

Snapshots, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia were adhered to the reverse of the cyanotypes, and several sentimental poems, evidently Rosalie's own compositions, were written on the back pages. At the time the album was assembled, she dated the pages and wrote formal inscriptions with dark brown ink in a flowing script. In later years she wrote further explanations and made humorous comments with a blue ballpoint pen, apparently in the 1940's or later. The pictures and inscriptions create a record of a young woman's life in the early twentieth century that is as interesting as the views of railroad bridges and depots on the front of the pages.

Rosalie appears to have been in her teens or early twenties at the time, and was a pretty, vivacious girl with long dark hair. Her family, the C. T. O'Connells, lived at 2011 Barclay Street, Baltimore, in a blue-collar neighborhood near the railroad yards. Many railroad employees lived in the area, which offers an explanation of how Rosalie happened to have the cyanotype book. The O'Connells were a large Irish Catholic family, according to the album, which mentions Rosalie's siblings: Florence, an older sister with two children, Charles and Ursula; Bill, who served in the Mexican War; Ed, a football player; Richard, who ran for Democratic delegate to the State Convention in 1915; and a younger brother named Bartlett. Apparently Richard was Rosalie's favorite brother, for she wrote inscriptions such as "My Pal" and "My Dick" under his pictures. It was Richard's wife Ona who later sold the album to the Museum.

The O'Connells' neighbors were the Gables and the Feldmeyers. The Gables and their children are shown behind their house, with a wooden privy in the background. Above their picture, Rosalie wrote "The Dirty Dozen in 1916." "Pop" Gable apparently worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and is pictured on top of a "Pennsy" engine. There are also snapshots of Rosalie with her flock of chickens in the back yard, and of neighborhood girls having a "fresh air fund" bake sale at 2003 Barclay.

Rosalie's best friend was Beatrice "Beets" Malstrom. The two girls, with other friends and family members, swam and ice skated at Jane's Creek and went to Riverview Park. Rosalie worked at Turner's Grocery Store on North Avenue, and a series of snapshots shows her co-workers clowning with a bottle of beer on a motor scooter.

Rosalie was courted by George Barry, who is shown with her on the boat Louise when he was home on furlough from the Navy in 1917. Poems and inscriptions suggest an eventual breakup of the relationship. Above one of these pictures she wrote, "The arrival -peace and happiness unexpected." Later, however, she wrote in ballpoint, "so mixed up," and "He was nice, but I was not in love."
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into one series. Materials arranged topically, with a copy photographic key to the original album arrangement.
Biographical / Historical:
In the 1890s the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad maintained a photographic record of its properties along its routes (Divisions); a book of cyanotype prints was made of each Division for railroad officials. The Museum purchased a book of the Baltimore & Ohio Philadelphia Division from the sister-in-law of Rosalie M. O'Connell, and found that it contained personal photographs mounted on the backs of the cyanotypes. Rosalie O'Connell had used the book as a personal photograph album from 1912 to 1917. Because the scrapbook material was damaging the cyanotypes, the National Museum of American History, Division of Conservation removed the photographs in 1985.

Rosalie apparently had come into possession of the cyanotype book when she was a teen-aged girl, possibly due to her father's job with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and/or the presence of other B & O employees in the neighborhood. Between the years 1912-1917 Rosalie used it as a personal photo album and scrapbook, adhering snapshots, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia to the reverse side of the cyanotypes. Because these items and the adhesives were causing damage to the cyanotypes, in 1985 Carolyn Long of the NMAH Division of Conservation removed the O'Connell material from the cyanotype pages. Thus for the first time the "Rosalie O'Connell Photograph Album" was physically separated from the B & 0 cyanotype album.
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center

Baltimore & Ohio cyanotype book in mechanical and civil engineering collection, NMAH.
Provenance:
The collection was purchased by the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering from Mrs. Richard C. O'Connell in 1979.
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:
Recreation -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Parks -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Swimming -- 1910-1920  Search this
Skating -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Soldiers -- 1910-1920  Search this
Outhouses -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Youth -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Catholics -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Railroads -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Priests -- 1910-1920  Search this
Irish Americans -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Family -- 1910-1920 -- Baltimore (Md.)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Albums -- 1900-1920
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1910-1920
Citation:
Rosalie O'Connell Photograph Album, 1912-1917, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0187
See more items in:
Rosalie O'Connell Photograph Album
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f25e0c30-6347-46c9-8fe9-29ec417b88e8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0187

[Lee family portrait : Photoprint]

Photographer:
Ettlin Studio  Search this
Donor:
Mead, Virginia Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Mead, Virginia Lee  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (mounted, 8" x 12".)
Culture:
Chinese Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
New York (N.Y.) -- 1920-1930
Date:
[before 1922.]
Scope and Contents:
Imprint at bottom of mount: Tarsy [sic?] / The Ettlin Studio / 17 Chatham Square, N.Y. / 8 Catherine St.
Local Numbers:
AC0555-0000003.tif (AC Scan)

1994.3135 (NMAH Acc.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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.
Topic:
Family -- 20th century  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Lee Chinese American Family Papers, circa 1915-1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Lee Chinese-American Family Papers
Lee Chinese-American Family Papers / Lee Family Family Photograph Album
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d001ae0b-bc9b-4586-be17-00f2d9130cba
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0555-ref530

Chase Co. headquarters (completed building) [photoprint]

Architect:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934  Search this
Names:
Chase Co.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Valentine, P. O. (33 Homestead, Park, Newark)  Search this
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934  Search this
Belden & Company (45 Clinton Street, Newark, N.J.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (in loose-leaf album, Silver gelatin on paper, mounted on linen or canvas, punched for loose-leaf binder., 7.5" x 9.6")
Container:
Box 20
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1918 - 1919
Local Numbers:
AC0214-0000009 (AC Scan No.)

2000-11261 (OIPP Scan)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Architectural design  Search this
Architectural photography  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1950
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Cass Gilbert Collection, 1897-1936, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Cass Gilbert Collection
Cass Gilbert Collection / Series 6: Photoprints / 6.1: Bound Volumes / Chase Offices, Waterbury, Connecticut 1917-1919
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8baa26412-c306-4c08-876f-5c9300078a11
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0214-ref639

N.Y.N.H. & H. Station / New Haven, Conn. [black-and-white photoprint]

Architect:
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934  Search this
Photographer:
Thompson-Starrett Company, Inc. (250 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Valentine, P. O. (33 Homestead, Park, Newark)  Search this
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934  Search this
Belden & Company (45 Clinton Street, Newark, N.J.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 7.3" x 9.5")
Container:
Box 32, Number 85
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Connecticut -- 1900-1950
New Haven (Conn.)
Date:
December 31, 1919
Scope and Contents:
New York, New Haven and Hartford Station. Thomas Starrett Company, Building Construction. Interior of partially built station with a man on a ladder.
Local Numbers:
AC0214-0000042 (AC Scan No.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Interior architecture -- Connecticut  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Railroad stations  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Cass Gilbert Collection, 1897-1936, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Cass Gilbert Collection
Cass Gilbert Collection / Series 6: Photoprints / 6.1: Bound Volumes / New Haven Station, New Haven, Connecticut, 1917-1919
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8529a733e-b0ef-4f58-8ae8-b7dfba3888ed
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0214-ref654

[Meyer Later : black-and-white photoprint]

Author:
Later, Meyer, 1895-1984  Search this
Names:
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces  Search this
Collection Creator:
Later, Meyer, 1895-1984  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., approx. 2-3/4" x 1-3/4".)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Dijon (France)
Date:
[1919.]
Scope and Contents:
Full-length photograph of Meyer Later in uniform.
Local Numbers:
AC1140-0000002 (AC Scan No.)
Related Materials:
Meyer Later World War I Memorabilia
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Military uniforms  Search this
World War, 1914-1918 -- France  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Meyer Later World War I Collection, 1917-1919, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Meyer Later World War I Collection
Meyer Later World War I Collection / Series 2: Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8164e2f5c-f604-427e-928c-d820d57dab90
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1140-ref540

[Self-portrait of Meyer Later : black-and-white photoprint]

Author:
Later, Meyer, 1895-1984  Search this
Names:
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces  Search this
Collection Creator:
Later, Meyer, 1895-1984  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., approx. 1-3/4" x 1-5/8".)
Type:
Archival materials
Toning (photography)
Photographs
Place:
Dijon (France)
Date:
[1919.]
Scope and Contents:
Bust portrait of Meyer Later in uniform, sepia-toned.
Local Numbers:
AC1140-0000003 (AC Scan No.)
Related Materials:
Meyer Later World War I Memorabilia
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Military uniforms  Search this
World War, 1914-1918 -- France  Search this
Genre/Form:
Toning (photography)
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Meyer Later World War I Collection, 1917-1919, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Meyer Later World War I Collection
Meyer Later World War I Collection / Series 2: Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82f2e3b35-37f4-4a76-ba08-8e3a7553df63
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1140-ref541

Lawrence Robbins Water Mill Photographs

Donor:
Ogden, Darius  Search this
Photographer:
Robbins, Lawrence  Search this
Collector:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this
Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Maps
Photographs
Essays
Place:
Maryland
Virginia
Date:
1916-1917.
Scope and Contents:
Black-and-white photoprints of mills, taken ca. 1916-1917, some captioned in shorthand; a notebook, also in shorthand; two postcards of mills; a typescript essay entitled "On the Hunting of Old Mills"; and maps, presumably used to find the mills. Of those captioned, most of the mills in the captioned photographs are in Maryland and Virginia.
Arrangement:
1 series.
Biographical / Historical:
Washington, D.C. lawyer and amateur photographer.
Provenance:
Donated by Darius A. Ogden to the National Museum of American History's Division of Work and Industry (then called the Division of Engineering and Industry) in 1993.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
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:
Postcards -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Mills -- Maryland  Search this
Mills -- Virginia  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1910-1920
Essays
Citation:
Lawrence Robbins Water Mill Photographs, 1916-1917, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0995
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cce0bf62-d69c-4fac-af2b-1b8d0afc1018
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0995

Herbert W. Carleton Motion Picture Stills Collection

Creator:
Carleton, Herbert W., d. 1992  Search this
Carleton, Herbert Oswald  Search this
Names:
Barrymore, Ethel (actress)  Search this
Bushman, Francis X. (actor)  Search this
Extent:
1 Cubic foot
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film stills
Motion picture stills
Photographs
Date:
1912-1919
Summary:
A collection of motion picture publicity stills collected by Herbert O. Carleton (1887-1962), cameraman during the Silent Era of filmmaking.
Scope and Contents:
The Carleton Collection is a series of 461 feature film still photographs taken during the years 1912-1919. The stills are arranged alphabetically according to film titles. Most of the stills are in excellent condition, although some are torn or cracked at the edges. Only two of the films (The Awakening of Helena Richie and Birth of a Race) from which the stills were taken appear to exist. The stills are probably most notable for the wide array of early screen and stage actors from the period, including Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, and a very young Frank Morgan.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically and by title.
Biographical / Historical:
Herbert Oswald Carleton was born in Rochester, N.Y. In his early life he worked as a mechanic and small time inventor, then worked as a motion picture projectionist before getting involved in camera work. Not a cinematographer in the modern sense, Carleton worked primarily with one director and shot only what the director asked for. The height of his output was 1915, when he photographed a number of Francis X. Bushman films. His career tapered off quickly after the release of Birth of a Race, the most expensive, but poorly made film of the silent period. Carleton later turned up doing short films and feature length documentaries in the 30's, before disappearing from the film scene.
Provenance:
Apparently these stills from H. O. Carleton's films were passed on to Herbert W. Carleton at the former's death. They were donated to the Archives Center by Herbert W. Carleton on October 9, 1992.
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.
Occupation:
Cinematographers  Search this
Topic:
Silent films -- Photographs  Search this
Motion pictures -- History -- Photographs -- 1910-1920  Search this
Genre/Form:
Film stills
Motion picture stills
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1910-1920
Citation:
Herbert W. Carleton Motion Picture Stills Collection, 1912-1919, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0465
See more items in:
Herbert W. Carleton Motion Picture Stills Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8353a3db1-4ee3-44dd-b1d7-8cb96f27bdf9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0465

[First Dawahare store in Jenkins, Kentucky: black-and-white photoprint]

Collector:
Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this
Names:
Dawahare family  Search this
Collection Creator:
Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (9.8" x 8.0".)
Culture:
Arab Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Kentucky -- 1910-1920
Date:
1917
Scope and Contents:
Standing in back on left: Srur Dawahare. The rest, left to right: Joe Hazen, Dahar Curry, Solomon Haddad, Naji Wise and Srur Hazen. Photographer unidentified. Probably a copy print.
Arrangement:
Series 12, box 1, folder 19.
Local Numbers:
AC0078-0000007.tif (AC Scan No.)

93-11419 (OPS neg no.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Topic:
Merchants  Search this
Stores  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Faris and Yamna Naff Arab-American Collection Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection / Series 2: Photographs / 2.2: Families 1892-1987 / Dawahar [Dawahare]
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep894785bf3-7744-4b90-9c6f-cdcb69b24512
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0078-ref4321

[Fred Khoury's father and probably uncle : black-and-white photoprint.]

Photographer:
Chase, D. B. (Dana B.)  Search this
Collector:
Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this
Collection Creator:
Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.4" x 4.1".)
Culture:
Arab Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Studio portraits
Photographs
Date:
Circa 1910
Scope and Contents:
Studio portrait taken by D. B. Chase at 910 16th Street, Denver, Colorado (blind-stamp on mount below print.
Arrangement:
Series ?, box 2, folder 17.
Local Numbers:
AC0078-0000009.tif (AC Scan No.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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.
Genre/Form:
Studio portraits
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Faris and Yamna Naff Arab-American Collection Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection / Series 2: Photographs / 2.1: Individuals, 1890-1989 / Khoury, Alfred
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8922a2c6b-c9d2-4899-984e-763d579e7058
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0078-ref4323

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