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Creator:

d'Arazien, Arthur  Search this

Extent:

11 Cubic feet (30 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Dye destruction process

Photographic prints

Transparencies

Cibachrome (tm)

Tear sheets

Color negatives

Color prints (photographs)

Dye destruction photoprints

Silver-dye bleach process

Type c color prints

Chromogenic processes

Place:

Canada -- Industry -- 1940-1980

Date:

circa 1930-2002

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes Arthur d'Arazien's professional work in industrial photography from the late 1940's through about 1981; personal creative photography and other types of professional work were retained by Mr. d'Arazien or placed elsewhere. Thus this collection is a very cohesive, unified body of work, which documents primarily American (and some Canadian) business and industry during a period of expansion a golden age of American industry. Although it represents the photographer's creative and artistic style and skill, the subject matter is appropriate to the National Museum of American History from several viewpoints the visual documentation of industry and technology, as well as advertising, public relations, and business history.

The photographs include black and white negatives and prints from the negatives, as well as color negative and transparency materials, up to 8" x 10" in size. Probably the majority of the transparencies were made in the large size. The black and white materials include pictures of d'Arazien at work some made by famous Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, a colleague at the Famous Photographers School. A number of Dye Transfer prints mounted on illustration board were made by master color printer Don Browning.

In addition to frequently extensive caption information on all of d'Araziens original envelopes and enclosures, many enclosures for color negatives and transparencies bear d'Arazien labels with technical information or instructions for color printing, such as filter pack designations and local printing controls. These enclosures therefore have been retained in the collection, although usually they are not of archival quality.

Of secondary significance are 62 large color prints, mostly Type C, with a few Cibachromes, which were made from the original transparencies for exhibition purposes. Most were made either by K & L laboratories, New York City (stickers on back) or Eastman Kodak professional laboratories, Rochester, N.Y., and have been wet mounted to non archival Masonite. At the time of acquisition, several had faded and/or changed color. These are available for research and exhibition purposes, but are not expected to survive as long as the original transparencies.

The collection contains Mr. d'Arazien's files of printed materials. These include reproductions which indicate how his photographs were used by clients. Included are annual reports, promotional pieces, magazine tearsheets from advertising and editorial uses, and other biographical items.

Series 1: Professional industrial photographs.

Photographs document primarily American business and industry (including some taken in Canada). Black-and-white negatives with prints from these negatives, also color negative and transparency materials. Most transparencies are 8" x 10". The photographs demonstrate the photographer's reputation as a master of dramatic lighting and the coordination of large-scale, complex industrial setups in factories, steel mills, and even outdoor settings. Also 65 color prints, mostly Type C with a few Cibachromes, made from the original transparencies for exhibition purposes, mostly wet-mounted to Masonite. Black-and-white photographs include pictures of d'Arazien at work--some by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Series 2: D'Arazien's files of printed materials, some of which include photomechanical reproductions of his work, indicating how the photographs were used by clients; also annual reports, magazine tearsheets from advertising and editorial uses, and other promotional items, in addition to biographical materials.

2007 addendum: Transparencies, slides, prints and negatives of additional photographs by Arthur d'Arazien, including industrial subjects as well as travel, architectural, agricultural, portrait, art, still life and personal photographs. Also included are miscellaneous papers, mostly relating to d'Arazien's photographic work.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: Paper Documents

Subseries 1.1: Publications and Reproductions.

Subseries 1.2: Photographer's Labels, Envelopes, Etc.

Series 2: Photographs

Subseries 2.1: Color Phototransparencies

Subseries 2.2: Color Photonegatives and Color Photoprints

Subseries 2.3: Black and White Photonegatives and Photoprints

Subseries 2.4: Color Photoprints: Enlargements Mounted on Masonite

Material is arranged in each sub-series primarily by client names, in alphabetical order.

Series 3: Oversize prints

Biographical / Historical:

Arthur d'Arazien began his photographic career as an assistant to a famous theatrical photographer, documenting Broadway shows. A distinctive emphasis on dramatic lighting in his later work suggests the heavy influence of the theater. He did fashion and commercial photography, as well as photographing the 1939 World's Fair, for Underwood & Underwood Illustration Studios, East 44th St., New York City, in 1938 1939. He was described in a U.S. Camera Annual article as Aan architect whose interest in photography has caused him to make a profession of it.

D'Arazien taught aerial photography for the U.S. Air Corps Technical Training Command at Lowry Field, Denver, during World War II. He began his career in industrial photography with the De Laval Separator Company, New York City. His energy and creativity led to assignments which often were judged too difficult for lesser photographers. His growing reputation as an industrial photographer kept pace with the dynamic growth of the industrial and technological activities he was photographing during the 1950s through the 1980s.

Robert Vogel, former Curator of Mechanical and Civil Engineering for the National Museum of American History, wrote that d'Arazien: ...became internationally known for his dramatic color views of the American industrial scene at a time when our industry can be said to have been at the height of its powers....He was commissioned by the giants of steel, paper, chemicals, machinery, transportation, automobiles, mining, metal refining, textiles, and the other heavy (and medium) industries. ...He developed a number of special techniques for obtaining the grand, sweeping views that became his trademark, including multiple exposures to achieve dramatic lighting effects, elaborate lighting setups involving multiple flashes from several vantages employing a number of assistants intercommunicating by radio, complex arrangements with transportation lines and the various departments of the subject organization to produce the desired juxtaposition of elements in the photograph, and the like. His MO was anything but that of simply walking onto the scene and snapping the shutter; for many of his breathtaking views he appears to have been more producer and impresario than photographer.

Arthur d'Arazien describes the growth of his spectacular style as an eager response to new subjects, challenges, and photographic materials:

...knowing that color was the coming thing in corporate advertising, I pursued that line. I did lots of experimenting; every assignment gave me an opportunity to try something new, such as combination day and night exposures on a single sheet of film, multiple flash bulbs to light large interiors, multiple exposures on the same film, such as...moving objects ...automobiles, trains...to build up excitement in a picture. Colored gels to change colors. I even used old fashioned flash powder to light ...steel mills, because there were no flashbulbs powerful enough to light these dark, cavernous interiors: this idea was borrowed from the Air Corps night time aerial photography with magnesium flash powder.

A skilled painter and metal sculptor as well as photographer, d'Arazien came from a family of artists. His photographs were made primarily on assignment from industrial corporations for advertising, editorial, and public relations purposes, but have been exhibited and collected as works of art in the Smithsonian Institution (Division of Photographic History), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Museum. His work was included in the Photography in the Fine Arts exhibitions organized by Ivan Dimitri, and he was a founding faculty member of the Famous Photographers School, Westport, Connecticut, in the early 1960's.

D'Arazien married Margaret Scott and has two sons. He had a studio in Waterside Plaza, New York, and made his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, until moving to Naples, Florida, upon his retirement in 1988. The collection was brought to the Smithsonian's attention by his son Steven, and was donated to the Archives Center before this move. In anticipation of this gift, Mr. d'Arazien spent several months inspecting his collection, eliminating duplicate and technically unsuccessful images, and captioning photographs.

Sources American Aces, U.S. Camera Annual 1939. Clipping in scrapbook no. 1, box 24, first page.

Robert M. Vogel, memorandum, undated, but written after a December 1987 visit to d'[Arazien's home. In Archives Center collection control file.

Letter to the author, 26 February 1992, in collection control file.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Arthur d'Arazien, December 24, 1988.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the majority of the collection is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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:

Industry -- Photographs -- 1940-1980 -- Canada  Search this

Industry -- Photographs -- 1940-1980 -- United States  Search this

Steel industry and trade -- 1940-1980  Search this

Agriculture -- Photographs -- 20th century  Search this

Travel -- Photographs -- 1930-2000  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Photographs -- Chromogenic -- 1900-2000

Dye destruction process

Photographic prints

Transparencies

Cibachrome (TM)

Tear sheets

Color negatives

Color prints (photographs)

Dye destruction photoprints

Silver-dye bleach process

Color prints (photographs) -- 20th century

Type C color prints

Chromogenic processes

Citation:

Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs, ca. 1930-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0314

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Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c58b8378-f263-4065-bd66-643e070e44c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0314

Donor:

Little Manila Foundation  Search this

Extent:

4.33 Cubic feet (13 boxes)

Culture:

Filipino Americans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Correspondence

Photographs

Receipts

Date:

circa 1917-1980, undated

Summary:

Collection of archival materials removed from trunks of personal belongings abandoned at death by Filipino agricultural workers in Stockton, California.

Scope and Contents:

The contents of this collection include albums with photographs from the Philippines and the United States, receipts, pay stubs, books, letters, and other correspondence from the Philippines, framed photographs, and other ephemera. Most of the correspondence in the collection is written in Visayan, the language spoken within the southernmost islands of Luzon in the Philippines. The contents of the letters are in the process of being translated. Most of the photographs of individuals in the collection are not identified. The collection is divided into 23 series. 22 of which are individual Filipino migrants, who were members of the fraternal organization. The last series consists of the Filipino fraternal organization "Legionarios del Trabajo". The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of early Filipino-American agricultural workers.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into twenty-three series.

Series 1: Enrique Andales, 1917-1937, undated

Series 2: Julian S. Arofo, 1950-1953

Series 3: A.T. Bastion, undated

Series 4: Julian Felicita Bernido, 1971

Series 5: Andres Salle Casinas, 1912-1980, undated

Series 6: Cesario Hotora Comparativo, 1925-1945, undated

Series 7: Hilario Samson Cuevas, 1925-1930, udated

Series 8: Vinancio Felisarta, 1971

Series 9: Jose Madridejo Galinato, 1926-1949, undated

Series 10: Eufricino Janier, 1920-1929, undated

Series 11: Felimon Laga, 1922-1923, undated

Series 12: Seven Madrias, 1936-1938, undated

Series 13: Eusebio Maglente, 1920-1923, undated

Series 14: Epimaco Fariola Mansueto, 1874-1947, undated

Series 15: Sixto Olaco, 1921-1954, undated

Series 16: Anastacio Atig Omandam, 1924-1937

Series 17: Juan Campoco Pascual, 1936, 1948, undated Series 18: Julian Rogas, 1929-1936, undated

Series 19: Arcadio Simangca, 1961-1971

Series 20: Julio Saranza, 1971

Series 21: Pablo Mendoza Solomon, 1921-1971, undated

Series 22: Victor Yano, 1971

Series 23: Legionarios del Trabajo: Daguhoy Masonic Lodge, 1928-1935, undated

Biographical / Historical:

The collection documents the lives of Filipino migrants in Stockton, California dating from 1920s-1970s. The collection was retrieved from the basement of the Daguhoy Lodge, a meeting place for the Filipino fraternal organization "Legionarios del Trabajo". The lodge doubled as a living space for Filipino agricultural laborers during the early twentieth century. The collection holds the belongings of Filipino migrant farm laborers who did not have a family to obtain their belongings after their deaths.

Related Materials:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History



Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions, NMAH.AC.0060

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.AC.0143

Alexander Alland, Sr., Photoprints, NMAH.AC.0204

Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8: Geography, NMAH.AC.0300

Duncan Family Yo-Yo Collection, NMAH.AC.807

Catherine Hann Papers, NMAH.AC.0921

Kamikawa, Omata and Matsumoto Families Papers, NMAH.AC.0924

Juanita Tamayo Lott Filipino American Photographs and Papers, NMAH.AC.0925

Bishop Mitsumyo Tottori Memorial Notebooks, NMAH.AC.0926

Division of Cultural History Lantern Slides and Stereographs, NMAH.AC.0945

Other Respositories

Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

holdings include photograph of Legionarios Del Trabajo

Separated Materials:

The National Museum of American History's Divison of Work and Industry holds the objects that came with the collection including:

Accession number 2022.0058.

Provenance:

Collection donated by the Little Manila Foundation through Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, 2021.

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:

Agriculture -- California  Search this

Migrant workers  Search this

Tagalog language  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Correspondence -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Receipts -- 20th century

Citation:

Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the American Women History Initiative, 2023.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1515

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Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep865b08d8d-170d-410c-9794-1f0f1f0b1388

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1515

Creator:

Morison, George S., 1842-1903  Search this

Names:

Baring Brothers Company  Search this

Isthmian Canal Commission.  Search this

Extent:

30 Cubic feet (63 boxes and 152 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Tracings

Place:

Peterborough (NH)

Panama

Date:

1846-1903

Summary:

The collection documents the career of George S. Morison, a prominent civil engineer, specializing in railroad bridge design. The materials consist primarily of drawings and maps (linen tracings, blueprints, sketches); final bridge reports; photographs; glass plate negatives; daily diaries; correspondence; and published material documenting George S. Morison's participation on the Isthmian Canal Commission, 1898-1903.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1: Diaries, 1863-1903

Subseries 1.1: Biographical Materials, 1863-1903

Subseries 1.2: Diaries, 1863-1903

Subseries 1.3: Newspaper Clippings, 1880-1898

Series 2: Correspondence, 1870-1903

Series 3: Reports/Printed Materials, 1846-1903

Series 4: Photographs, 1888, 1892-1893

Series 5: Glass Plate Negatives, 1886-1889

Subseries 5.1: Bellefontaine Bridge, undated

Subseries 5.2: Blair Crossing, 1893

Subseries 5.3: Cairo Bridge, 1888-1889

Subseries 5.4: Kansas City Bridge, 1886

Subseries 5.5: Memphis Bridge, circa 1893

Subseries 5.6: Memphis Bridge, 1891-1893

Subseries 5.7: Nebraska City Bridge, 1887-1888

Subseries 5.8: Omaha Bridge, undated

Subseries 5.9: Panama Canal, undated

Subseries 5.10: Rulo Bridge, 1886-1889

Subseries 5.11: Sioux City, circa 1881

Series 6: Lantern Slides, 1878-1894

Subseries 6.1: Isthmian Canal, undated

Subseries 6.2: General, 1878-1894

Series 7: Drawings, circa 1881-1900

Biographical / Historical:

Morison (1842-1903) of Peterborough, New Hampshire, was a prominent civil engineer specializing in railroad bridge design. He built ten bridges over the Missouri River, five over the Mississippi River and one over the Ohio River. Morison designed bridges in New York, and worked on the New York waterfront. He also helped to locate a deep water harbor in southern California and designed and built several viaducts.

Morison served on numerous engineering boards and acted as a consulting expert for Baring Brothers Company. Morison was a member of several important engineering committees, the most important of which was the Isthmus Canal (Panama Canal) Commission, 1899-1903. He was instrumental in changing its recommended location from Nicaragua to Panama.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

George W. Sims Papers, 1896-1981. (AC0127)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, 1895-1921 (AC0143)

Silas H. Woodard Papers, ca. 1899-1932 (AC1038)

Make the Dirt Fly!

Materials in Other Organizations

Minnesota Historical Society

Engineering Dept. records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1867-1970.

Subject files (1867-1970); accounting records (1879-1921); standard plans for buildings, bridges, and other structures ([188-]-[196-]); track profile maps (1890-1927); and bridge records (1892-1960) created or compiled by the Northern Pacific administrative unit responsible for locating, surveying, constructing, and maintaining roadways and structures. Contains letter press books for George S. Morison.

Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

Includes photographs and drawings for some of Morison's bridges.

Separated Materials:

Artifacts related to this collection are in the Division of Work & Industry (See accessions #1984.1093 and #1993.0113) and includes camera equipment, drafting curves, and an omnimeter transit with tripod.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Robert S. Morison, Elting Morison, and John H. Morison on June 17, 1985.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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:

Bridges -- Design and construction  Search this

Railroad bridges  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Tracings

Citation:

George Morison Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0978

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George S. Morison Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep847ba2160-f43c-47ce-a3ba-973eeb23f8de

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0978

Collector:

Hazen, Margaret Hindle  Search this

Hazen, Robert M.  Search this

Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Names:

Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892  Search this

Collection Creator:

Hazen, Margaret Hindle  Search this

Hazen, Robert M.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 3.4" x 5.4")

Container:

Box 10, Item 826

Type:

Archival materials

Photomechanical prints

Photographs

Stereographs

Postcards

Picture postcards

Date:

Circa 1885

Scope and Contents:

Five children holding a variety of instruments and pretending to be a band.

Local Numbers:

AC0253-0000023 (AC scan no.)

87-14018 (SI neg no.)

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.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:

Brass bands -- Photographs  Search this

Musicians -- Photographs -- 1900-1910  Search this

Bands (Music) -- 1900-1910 -- Washington  Search this

Children  Search this

Musical instruments -- Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Washington  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photomechanical prints

Photographs -- 1900-1950

Stereographs

Postcards -- 1900-1910

Picture postcards -- 1890-1910

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 / "Sousa's Band and His Audience." Willow Grove Park. Postmarked 1908. (PC 242)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86123b55d-d473-4464-8a2a-a078f71c8cc6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0253-ref2000

Creator:

Kingsford, Katherine  Search this

Former owner:

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:

0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photograph albums

Place:

Panama Canal (Panama)

Panama

Date:

circa 1904-1914

Summary:

An album of photographs of Panama and the Panama Canal, circa 1904-1914.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of a disbound album of photographs relating to the Panama Canal, including a few construction scenes, vessels traveling through the Canal, urban and rural street scenes, housing, hospital scenes, historic buildings, and people. The three inch by three inch photographic prints are mounted on black album paper and most are badly faded and unidentified. Most of the photographs are informal and have the feel of snapshots taken by an amateur photographer. There are a few larger format photographs. Also included is the Official Handbook of the Panama Council, 1913.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1, Photograph Album, circa 1904-1914

Biographical / Historical:

On November 18, 1903, the United States and Panama negotiated the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which granted the United States. permission to construct a canal that would join the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Construction for the Panama Canal began on May 4, 1904. The large workforce -- at its highest population in 1913 it numbered 44,733 men, not including those sick, on leave, or otherwise absent -- had a great impact on Panama. As there were not enough amenities to accommodate them when they arrived, the workers built entire communities, paved streets, improved communication systems, and installed water and sewage systems. Likewise, the railroad was improved for more efficient transportation of supplies, labor, food, and equipment. Much to the credit of Chief Sanitary Officer Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, yellow fever was completely eradicated on the isthmus and malaria cases greatly reduced. Native villages and towns along the planned construction route were required to relocate.

The first self-propelled, ocean-bound vessel traveled on the canal on January 7, 1914, and the canal was formally opened in August of that year. The Panama Canal construction project was the most expensive construction project in United States history to that date, costing $375,000,000.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

William Currie Photograph Album (AC1043)

John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook (AC0708)

Roland A. McCrady Photograph Collection (AC0710)

Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Photonegatives (AC1111)

W.A. Fishbaugh Panama Canal Photograph Album (AC1021)

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection (AC0143)

W.P. Stine Panama Canal Papers (AC1039)

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now Division of Work and Industry) by Katherine Kingsford in1982. It was transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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:

Canals -- Panama  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums -- 20th century

Citation:

Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1040

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Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88f176320-0c8c-4c71-8639-d6ccbe785753

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1040

Creator:

Del Bontà, Robert John  Search this

Former owner:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Names:

Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733  Search this

Extent:

12 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Stereographs

Engravings

Place:

India

Shiva

South Asia

India -- Goa

Calcutta (India)

Sri Lanka

Date:

Circa 1500-1900

Scope and Contents:

The collection primarily contains prints, engravings, and books. The majority of the collection highlights the Indian subcontinent from the 16th to the 20th centuries through the lens of Europeans. It contains depiction of the subcontinent's peoples, cultures, monuments, religious sites, and religious practices as seen in Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian publications. Among this collection are also some representations of people from other parts of the world.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into seven series, beginning with the initial gift in support of the 2014 exhibition, Strange and Wondrous: Prints of India from the Robert J. Del Bontà Collection. Each series represents a grouping selected by the donor and follows the donor's original curation of the material. E or engraving numbers reflect the donor's numbering system.

Series 1: Original gift supporting the exhibition, Strange and Wondrous: Prints of India from the Robert J. Del Bontà Collection in 2014 focusing on ascetics and mendicants. Series 2: Prints and Engravings relating to the rulers including Timurid and Mughal rulers Series 3: 16th-17th century prints Series 4: Engravings and prints from around the world Series 5: English engravings depicting India Series 6: Dutch and French engravings of voyages across the world Series 7: French engravings depicting monuments of India

Biographical / Historical:

Dr. Robert J. Del Bontà was born in 1949. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1978. From 1993 to 2000 he was a research associate and guest curator at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He also curated major exhibitions for the Berkeley Art Museum; the University of Michigan Museum of Art; the Portland Art Museum; and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He writes and lectures on a wide range of subjects relating to South Asian art including paintings, prints, photographs, popular art, sculptures, and architecture. More recently, he also writes about European prints pertaining to Europe's perception of India and Indo-Portuguese art.

Del Bontà began to collect prints related to South Asia while completing his doctorate in South Asian art history at the University of Michigan in the 1970s. The Robert J. Del Bontà collection contains prints and books depicting people, cultures, religious customs, gods and goddesses, and architecture of Asia, with a specific emphasis on South Asian art.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the National Museum of Asian Art's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Topic:

Fakirs -- India  Search this

Hinduism  Search this

Voyages and travels  Search this

Ethnography -- South Asia  Search this

Mughal Empire  Search this

Religion  Search this

Buddhist temples  Search this

Cave temples  Search this

Mosques  Search this

Buddhas  Search this

Buddhism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Prints

Stereographs

Engravings

Citation:

Robert J. Del Bonta Collection, FSA A2014.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2014.06

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Robert J. Del Bonta Collection

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d67d91eb-ce7c-4c80-b796-d41e9805c3ab

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2014-06

Artist:

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this

Unidentified Man  Search this

William Henry Moody, 23 Dec 1853 - 02 Jul 1917  Search this

George Cooper Pardee, 25 Jul 1857 - 01 Sep 1941  Search this

Presley Marion Rixey, 14 Jul 1852 - 17 Jun 1928  Search this

John Muir, 21 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1914  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler, 2 Apr 1862 - 7 Dec 1947  Search this

William Loeb Jr., 09 Oct 1866 - 19 Sep 1937  Search this

Benjamin Ide Wheeler, 15 Jul 1854 - 02 May 1927  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver prints (stereograph)

Dimensions:

Image/Sight (each): 7.6 × 7.8 cm (3 × 3 1/16")

Mat: 12.8 × 20.6 × 1 cm (5 1/16 × 8 1/8 × 3/8")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\California\Mariposa\Mariposa Grove

Date:

1903

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Exterior\Forest  Search this

Costume\Footwear\Boots  Search this

Photographic format\Stereograph  Search this

Unidentified Man: Male  Search this

William Henry Moody: Male  Search this

William Henry Moody: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

William Henry Moody: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy  Search this

William Henry Moody: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice  Search this

Benjamin Ide Wheeler: Male  Search this

Benjamin Ide Wheeler: Education and Scholarship\Educator  Search this

Benjamin Ide Wheeler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University president  Search this

George Cooper Pardee: Male  Search this

George Cooper Pardee: Politics and Government\Governor\California  Search this

George Cooper Pardee: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Oakland, CA  Search this

John Muir: Male  Search this

John Muir: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

John Muir: Literature\Writer\Magazine article  Search this

John Muir: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

John Muir: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

John Muir: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist  Search this

John Muir: Literature\Writer\Nature writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Male  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Literature\Writer  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University president  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Politics and Government\Government official\Presidential Advisor  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher  Search this

Nicholas Murray Butler: Nobel Prize  Search this

Presley Marion Rixey: Male  Search this

Presley Marion Rixey: Medicine and Health\Physician\Surgeon  Search this

Presley Marion Rixey: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Rear Admiral  Search this

Presley Marion Rixey: Medicine and Health\Physician\Navy  Search this

William Loeb Jr.: Male  Search this

William Loeb Jr.: Politics and Government\Public official\Secretary  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.80.82

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism

On View:

NPG, North Gallery 220

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45b04541d-b96a-45e5-b08a-459c041c7799

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.82

Artist:

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Jim Thorpe, 28 Mar 1888 - 28 Mar 1953  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 9.5 x 12.2 cm (3 3/4 x 4 13/16")

Sheet: 10 × 12.8 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1912

Topic:

Exterior  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Human Figures\Crowd  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Male  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Sports and Recreation\Athlete  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Football  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Baseball  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Track & Field  Search this

Jim Thorpe: Olympic medal  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

S/NPG.80.62

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bcb804f2-31a0-4613-aac8-43eacc891c53

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.80.62

Creator:

Jacques Seligmann & Co.  Search this

Subject:

Hauke, Cesar M. de (Cesar Mange)  Search this

Glaenzer, Eugene  Search this

Haardt, Georges  Search this

Seligman, Germain  Search this

Seligmann, Arnold  Search this

Parker, Theresa D.  Search this

Waegen, Rolf Hans  Search this

Trevor, Clyfford  Search this

Seligmann, René  Search this

Seligmann, Jacques  Search this

De Hauke & Co., Inc.  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Eugene Glaenzer & Co.  Search this

Germain Seligmann & Co.  Search this

Gersel  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Citation:

Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mackay, Clarence Hungerford, 1874-1938 -- Art collections  Search this

Schiff, Mortimer L. -- Art collections  Search this

Arenberg, duc d' -- Art collections  Search this

Liechtenstein, House of -- Art collections  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

La Fresnaye, Roger de, 1885-1925  Search this

Art, Renaissance  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Art treasures in war  Search this

Art, European  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9936

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212486

AAA_collcode_jacqself

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212486

Artist:

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver prints (stereograph)

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet (each): 8.1 × 7.8 cm (3 3/16 × 3 1/16")

Mount: 9 × 17.9 cm (3 9/16 × 7 1/16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1902

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Photographic format\Stereograph  Search this

Human Figures\Crowd  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.80.83

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e81eaa90-bc76-43a7-86b7-73915a60bcbd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.83

Artist:

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8")

Sheet: 35.3 × 28 cm (13 7/8 × 11")

Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1905

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Architecture\Fence  Search this

Architecture\Building\House  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joanna Sturm

Object number:

NPG.81.124

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4044fed56-1448-46c5-b975-91f1f9cf8835

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.124

Artist:

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950  Search this

Sitter:

Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this

Unidentified Man  Search this

Unidentified Man  Search this

Medium:

Albumen silver prints (stereoscope)

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 8.1 × 7.8 cm (3 3/16 × 3 1/16")

Mount: 8.8 × 17.8 cm (3 7/16 × 7")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\South Carolina\Charleston\Charleston Harbor

Date:

1902

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior\Waterscape\Seascape  Search this

Vehicle\Ship  Search this

Nature & Environment\Water  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Photographic format\Stereograph  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this

Unidentified Man: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.81.82

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4077e5421-6c96-409f-880a-fdd1c626afa6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.82

Creator:

Vogel, Robert M.  Search this

Shayt, David H.  Search this

Worthington, Bill  Search this

Names:

Historic American Buildings Survey  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Extent:

45 Cubic feet (114 boxes, 23 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Color slides

Contracts

Copy prints

Correspondence

Illustrations

Letterheads

Maps

Negatives (photographic)

Newsclippings

Notebooks

Photographs

Picture postcards

Pocket notebooks

Postage stamps

Press releases

Reports

Specifications

Stereographs

Date:

1755-2000

Summary:

The collection consists of a wide range of materials--ephemera, trade literature, correpsondence, photographs, maps, plans, schematics, pamplets, brochures, postcards, calendars--documenting the subject of bridges.

Scope and Contents:

This collection was assembled by the Division of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry) curators over the course of several decades. The collection consists of a wide range of materials documenting the subject of bridges broadly in terms of planning, construction, geography, aesthetics, cost, and failures. Well-known bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge and its bridge builders and engineers is also documented.

The materials consist of photographs, negatives, copy prints, illustrations, correspondence, newsclippings, journal articles, HABS/HAER drawings, engineeeing reports, contracts and specifications for building bridges, blueprints, and notebooks. Throughout the files is curatorial correspondence, principally with curator Robert Vogel and historians of the history of technology, bridge enthusiasts, and civil engineers. There is a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary materials found throughout the collection.

Some of the materials related to the Brooklyn Bridge are photocopies or copy prints from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Roebling Collection and other archives and libraries. These materials were assembled for the exhibit "Building Brooklyn Bridge--The Engineering and Construction, 1867-1883" staged in 1983 at the National Museum of American History. These materials are filed under the title "Building Brooklyn Bridge."

Many of the photographs and other items are from collections at the National Museum of American History: Llewellyn Nathaniel Edwards, Henry Grattan Tyrrell, Samuel E. Reed Collection, and the T.F. Healy Collection.

Publications vary widely, but some titles include American Contract Journal, American Railroad Journal, Harpers Weekly, Scientific American, Engineers and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering News-Record, Engineering Record, and others.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into one series, then alphabetically.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Horatio Allen Papers, NMAH.AC.1447

American Public Works Association "Top Ten Public Works Projects of the Century--1900-2000" Nominations, NMAH.AC.0983

American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0711

Archives Center Business Americana Collection, NMAH.AC.0404

Archives Center Lantern Slide Collection, NMAH.AC.0686

Archives Center Postcard Collection, NMAH.AC.0483

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1086

Benjamin Franklin Bridge Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1029

Berlin Construction Company Records, NMAH.AC.1032

Victor Blenkle Postcard Collection, NMAH.AC.0200

Bollman Truss Bridge Collection, NMAH.AC.1064

Donald M. Burmister Paper, NMAH.AC.1068

Canadian Bridges Photograph Albums, NMAH.AC.1025

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Collection, NMAH.AC.0930

Robert Covington Stereograph Portfolio, NMAH.AC.1201

Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records, NMAH.AC.0218

Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs, NMAH.AC.0314

Victor C. Darnell Bridge Construction Photographs, NMAH.AC.1018

William E. Dean Papers, NMAH.AC.0230

Robert Dearborn Panama Canal Glass negatives, NMAH.AC.1111

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Records, NMAH.AC.1074

Beata Drake Covered Bridge Collection, NMAH.AC.0998

Llewellyn N. Edwards Papers, NMAH.AC.0959

W.J. Eney Collection, NMAH.AC.1062

Erie Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1082

Joseph C. Farber Papers and Photographs, NMAH.AC.0520

Foundation Company Records, NMAH.AC.0974

James Forgie Papers, NMAH.AC.0986

James Gallagher Collection, NMAH.AC.0228

Grand Central Terminal Collection, NMAH.AC.1071

Henry Grattan Tyrrell and Mary Maude Knox Tyrrell Papers, NMAH.AC.0948

Hartford, Connecticut Bridge Collection, NMAH.AC.1066

William R. Hutton Papers, NMAH.AC.0987

Kahn Family Film Collection, NMAH.AC.0722

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Bridge Profiles, NMAH.AC.1073

Beatrice Lizinger Postcard Collection, NMAH.AC.0530

Nicholas C. Mandragos Papers, NMAH.AC.0484

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, NMAH.AC.1090

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives, NMAH.AC.1089

Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, NMAH.AC.0984

Richard H. Miller Bridge Collection of Postcards and Slides, NMAH.AC.0950

Minnesota Railroads Photograph Albums, NMAH.AC.1023

George S. Morison Collection, NMAH.AC.0978

Modjeski and Masters Company Records, NMAH.AC.0976

Nathan W. Morgan Papers, NMAH.AC.0965

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Records, NMAH.AC.1060

Thomas Norrell Railroad Photographs Collection, NMAH.AC.1174

Northern Pacific Railroad Bridge Construction Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1030

Panama Canal Commission Photonegatives, NMAH.AC.1116

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Records, NMAH.AC.0969

David Plowden North American Bridge Photographs, NMAH.AC.1019

David Plowden Steel Manufacturing Photographs, NMAH.AC.1020

Samuel E. Reed Bridge Collection, NMAH.AC.1001

Lili Rethi Papers, NMAH.AC.0749

John A. Roebling Collection, NMAH.AC.0981

Lucinda Rudell Covered Bridges Collection, NMAH.AC.1028

Edwin G. Rust Papers, NMAH.AC.1070

Jean W. Seele Rural Photographs, NMAH.AC.0759

Lester Shanks Collection of Bridge Photographs and Ephemera, NMAH.AC.1244

J. Parker Snow Collection, NMAH.AC.1000

Society for Industrial Archaeology Records, NMAH.AC.0688

Quebec Bridge Photograph Collection, NMAH.AC.1026

Railroad Bridges Construction Photograph Album, NMAH.AC.1024

Holton Duncan Robinson Papers, NMAH.AC.0963

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, NMAH.Ac.0143

U.S. Steel Corporation Photograph Albums, NMAH.AC.1037

Rip Van Winkle Bridge Photographs, NMAH.AC.1027

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Bridges, NMAH.AC.0060

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Railroads, NMAH.AC.0060

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions, NMAH.AC.0060

Washington, D.C. Bridges Collection, NMAH.AC.1095

Raymond W. Wilson Covered Bridge Collection, NMAH.AC.0999

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:

Bridges  Search this

Civil engineers  Search this

Railroads -- 19th century  Search this

Railroads -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Articles

Color slides -- 20th century

Contracts -- 20th century

Copy prints

Correspondence -- 19th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Illustrations

Letterheads

Maps -- 20th century

Negatives (photographic)

Newsclippings

Notebooks

Photographs -- 20th century

Picture postcards -- 20th century

Pocket notebooks

Postage stamps

Press releases

Reports -- 19th century

Reports -- 20th century

Specifications

Stereographs

Citation:

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1577

See more items in:

Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Bridges Reference Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f3912776-c575-41af-a27e-338800e96007

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1577

Creator:

Ricalton, James  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Collection Creator:

Del Bontà, Robert John  Search this

Extent:

151 Items (stereocards)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereoscopic photographs

Stereographs

Place:

India

Scope and Contents:

151 commercial stereographs depicting scenes of South Asia. Sources include Underwood and Underwood Publishers; Ricalton; H.C. White Co.; American Stereoscopic Co. and Keystone View Co. Collectively this is a nearly complete complement of photographs of India taken by James Ricalton.

Local Numbers:

E591

FSA A2014.06 2.S

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the National Museum of Asian Art's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Genre/Form:

Stereoscopic photographs

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Robert J. Del Bonta Collection, FSA A2014.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2014.06, Item FSA A2014.06 2.S

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Robert J. Del Bonta Collection

Robert J. Del Bonta Collection / Series 2: Prints and Engravings relating to the rulers including Timurid and Mughal rulers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc367fac918-056b-410d-acef-edc4b6c8b03e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2014-06-ref11

Names:

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948  Search this

Extent:

0.05 Cubic feet (15 black and white 4 x 5 inch copy negatives)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Glass plate negatives

Place:

Kitty Hawk (N.C.)

Date:

October 20-26, 1911

Summary:

This collection consists of 15 black and white negatives, photographs created by photographer Percy Trenchard Jones of Orville Wright testing the Wright (Brothers) 1911 Glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in October 1911.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of 15 black and white 4 x 5 inch negatives copied by the Smithsonian Institution's National Air Museum in 1963 from original 5 x 7 inch glass plate negatives created by photographer Percy Trenchard Jones (likely when employed by the New York American newspaper) and loaned by the donor for copying. The photographs depict Orville Wright and his team testing the Wright (Brothers) 1911 Glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, during the period of October 20 to 26, 1911. People depicted in the photographs include Orville Wright, his brother Lorin Wright, Lorin's 10-year-old son Horace Wright (nicknamed "Buster"), English pilot Alexander (Alec) Ogilvie, unidentified Wright assistants, men from the local lifesaving station, and journalists sent to cover the flights. Identified journalists include Vann Ness Harwood of the New York World, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press. Unidentified, but also believed to have been present were Mr. Mitchell from the New York Herald, Mr. Verges (or Berges, possibly from the American News Service), and D. Bruce Salley, a reporter from Norfolk, Virginia.

Arrangement:

Negatives are arranged in NAM negative number order (NAM A-52372 through A-52386). Negatives are physically located inside the National Air Museum Photography Collection, NASM.XXXX.0572, 8 x 10 Negatives Series.

Biographical / Historical:

In early October 1911, Orville Wright traveled to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with his brother Lorin Wright, Lorin's 10-year-old son Horace Wright (nicknamed "Buster"), and Alexander (Alec) Ogilvie, an early British aviation pioneer and friend of the Wright brothers. Wilbur Wright, recently returned from Europe and busy with business issues, did not accompany his brothers on their trip. Their plan was to carry out more experiments with gliding and soaring flight and to test an automatic stabilizer design which the Wright Brothers had been developing since 1905. The Wright team constructed a new glider, the Wright (Brothers) 1911 Glider, on site at Kill Devil Hills, making several changes to the aircraft's design as the test flights proceeded. Orville Wright and his party had arrived at Kitty Hawk on October 10. On October 13, four journalists arrived, with two more (including Arnold Krockman from the New York American) showing up at the Wright's camp a week later on October 20. This intense scrutiny from the press—and uncooperatively high winds—led Orville to decide not to test the automatic stabilizer, instead concentrating on improving the glider's performance. On October 24, Orville made several successful flights including one establishing a new soaring record of 9 minutes 45 seconds, a flight which would stand as a world's record for the next 10 years. The 1911 glider's last flights were made on October 26; these would be the last experimental flights conducted by the Wrights at Kitty Hawk.

In the early 1910s, photographer Percy Trenchard Jones (1887-1948) worked as a journalist for the New York American newspaper before joining the Underwood News Photo Service branch of photography producer and distributor Underwood & Underwood (based in New York City); for many years Jones managed the Underwood & Underwood Studio in Washington, D.C. Jones left Underwood to form a news photo syndicate, Photograms, with two partners, but the business did not survive the Depression. Jones turned to photography of pure-bred dogs, a specialty which he would pursue throughout the rest of his career.

Provenance:

Frederic Lewis for Phyllis Jones (Mrs. Percy Trenchard Jones), gift, 1963 [NAM R-45-63], NASM.XXXX.1226.

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Gliding and soaring  Search this

Gliders (Aeronautics)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass plate negatives

Citation:

Wright (Brothers) 1911 Glider Tests, Kitty Hawk [Jones], Acc. NASM.XXXX.1226, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1226

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2598c5c54-5300-4710-9378-57e0cb86f533

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-1226

Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980  Search this

Underwood & Underwood Studios  Search this

Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris  Search this

Names:

Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912  Search this

Extent:

51 Stereographs (black and white)

2 Postcards (black and white)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Stereographs

Postcards

Place:

Japan -- 1900-1910

Date:

circa 1904

Scope and Contents:

43 stereographs from the early twentieth century were produced by the Underwood & Underwood Studio depicting various scenes and people from Meiji Japan, 3 stereographs from the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, and two black and white postcards from Japan. Specific Japanese locations depicted include: Yokohama; Mississippi Bay and the Mikado Cliffs; Tokyo; Mt. Haruna, Ikao; Kyoto; Hiroshima; Lake Chuzenji.

Arrangement:

0.5 linear foot

Biographical / Historical:

The cards were most likely assembled by Ms. Smith's father, A. Hyatt Mayor (1901-1980), art historian, writer, and Metropolitan Museum of Art Curator of Prints from 1946-1966.

Underwood & Underwood was an early photographic studio who produced steroscopic and photographic images from 1881 to the 1940s. Founded in Ottawa, Kansas by brothers Elmer Underwood and Bert Elias Underwood, the studio worked in Ottawa, Baltimore, and New York City. They sold box sets of photographs and set up distribution offices throughout the world. Underwood & Underwood covered major news events like the Boer War and the Great War.

Local Numbers:

FSA A2002.02

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Postcards

Citation:

Martha Smith Collection of Stereographs and Postcards. FSA.A2002.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2002.02

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc36b222a0f-422d-4cb3-86f2-a715a666b4f7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2002-02

Published by:

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s  Search this

Subject of:

1st Washington Volunteer Infantry, American, 1898 - 1899  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, adhesive

Dimensions:

H x W (card): 3 3/8 × 7 in. (8.6 × 17.8 cm)

H x W (left image): 2 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.5 × 8 cm)

H x W (right image): 3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.8 × 8 cm)

Type:

stereographs

Place captured:

Taguig City, Manila National Capital Region, Philippines, Asia

Date:

1899

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

Multilingual communication  Search this

Photography  Search this

Spanish-American War, 1898  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2014.37.7.10

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f83fe97b-cf0a-43bb-b2d6-d30ddaa50a64

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.37.7.10

Published by:

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901  Search this

Distributed by:

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s  Search this

Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Grand Army of the Republic, American, 1866 - 1956  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper , cardboard , adhesive

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (8 × 15.5 cm)

H x W (card): 3 9/16 × 6 15/16 in. (9 × 17.7 cm)

Type:

stereographs

Place depicted:

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1895

Topic:

African American  Search this

Men  Search this

Military  Search this

Photography  Search this

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2015.248.6

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cdb96687-30e1-4538-a4b0-d0a7516edbee

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.248.6

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Container:

Box 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1875-1902

Scope and Contents note:

Man picking figs, by Havens (Savannah, Ga.); dilapidated house, by A. F. Styles (Burlington, Vt.) from "Scenes in Florida"(#635); and "Little Tea Pickers" by Underwood & Underwood.

See also:

Agriculture, Cotton, Foreign, Groups, Houses, New York--Albany, Racial Stereotypes, Saloons, Taxidermy

Series Restrictions:

Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs restricted due to fragile condition. Researchers should consult microfilm in NMAH library for 1880-1983 editions, drawer 692.

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.

Series Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, 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).

See more items in:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions / 2.1: Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86500a079-ac45-432b-9bfd-a9266ed636ec

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s02-ref1561

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Container:

Box 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1870-1900

Scope and Contents note:

Humorous and exaggerated subjects, including F. G. Weller's "A Muss in the Band" and the Geo. Barker image (published by Strohmeyer & Wyman, sold by Underwood & Underwood) "Perils of the Wilderness--A Fight for Life." See also: Bicycles, Hotels, Marriage, Musical Instruments

Series Restrictions:

Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs restricted due to fragile condition. Researchers should consult microfilm in NMAH library for 1880-1983 editions, drawer 692.

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.

Series Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, 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).

See more items in:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions / 2.1: Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a6c9f5d9-aca7-417b-8a25-62c88986f596

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s02-ref1602