Arrangement
The collection is organized into series based on the Henisches'
classification scheme, a combination of photographic process and thematic
approach: albums, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, case art, cartes-de-visite,
daguerreotypes, eastern approaches, family milestones, going places, graphics
after photographs, modern prints, opalotypes and ivorytypes, overpaintings,
photo-graphics, photography and advertising, photographically-illustrated
books, photographs on jewelry, photography and music, people and places,
photographs on unusual media, photogaphy and war, reproductions, stereoviews,
studio practice, specialties, tintypes, and unclassified.
The images are arranged alphabetically by the Henisches'
classification scheme, and thereunder numerically by their item number.
Scope and Content
The collection is a valuable resource for the study of 19th-century
photographic, social, and art history. Originally designed as a teaching
collection, and international in character, the material includes virtually
every type of photograph ever made: albumen prints, ambrotypes, cabinet cards,
cartes-de-visite, daguerreotypes (going back to 1842), gelatin silver prints,
ivorytypes, opalotypes, panotypes (on leather), prints on canvas and silk,
salted paper prints, stereo cards, and tintypes.
Many images are overpainted, varying in character from genuine art
objects to casually produced folk art. The subject matter also varies, ranging
from the formal portraits characteristic of the period to travel scenes,
architectural studies, and curious side-show spectacles. Among the most
striking pictures are those depicting scenes of the Crimean War, one of the
earliest military engagements to be recorded by photography.
The collection also contains daguerreotype cases of several designs, a
minor art form in its own right, and other artifacts connected with
photography, including cameras, albums, sheet music, and books. Also, includes
numerous single issues and short runs of international photography periodicals.
The books and periodicals have been removed for cataloging separately.
An item-level finding aid is available in-house in a database for the non-book, non-serial materials.
Container List
Album Series
Albums,
1860s-1955.
This series contains 28
photographic albums with albumen prints, cartes-de-visite, cyanotypes, gelatin
silver prints, and tintypes.
Box 5
A 02
Wildflower album,
1880s
Box 8
A 03
Charles W. Attwood album-Christmas, England,
1884
Box 1
A 04
Album-England (Reading, Berkshire),
1860s-1890s
Box 7
A 06
Architectural illustrations, France and Italy,
1880s
Box 10
A 07
Photographic Groups of Eminent Personages,
circa 1880s
Box 18
[A 08] Folder 01
Karlsbad
Box 12
A 09
Album Artistique et Biographique 2me annee, Salon,
1882, Paris
1882
Box 10
A 10
Family album I-Ireland?,
mid-1870s
Box 7
A 11
Family album IV-Henley-on-Thames, England,
circa 1890s
Box 9
A 12
Travel album,
1904
Box 18
[A 13] Folder 02
Family Album III,
1860s
Box 18
[A 14] Folder 03
Family Album II,
1860s
Box 6
A 15
Scottish album,
mid-1880s
Box 6
A 16
Ricordo Della Certosa Di Pavia-Florence and Naples,
Italy,
circa 1880
Box 18
[A 17] Folder 04
Gem Album I-Brady's Gem Gallery,
1880s
Box 18
[A 18] Folder 05
Family Album V,
1860s-1870s
Box 18
[A 19] Folder 06
Miniature Album
Box 18
[A 2001] Folder 07
Prints
Box 18
[A 2002] Folder 8
Stamford Rutland General Infirmary
Box 18
[A 2003] Folder 09
Elsie M. Barr,
1886/08/03
Box 2
A 2004
Music Box Plays; Only One Girl in the World; Painting
of Ship
Box 16
A 2005
Scrapbook-Ocean City, New Jersey, New York State,
1907-1933
Box 8
A 2006
Pictorial photography scrapbook, by Leonard Ochtman,
1940-1955
Box 8
A 2007
Mostly Turkey
Box 8
A 2009
Mr. Guthrie Smith album-Edinburgh and U.S.
Box 42
[A 2010] Folder 01
Photo album, photos by Madho Prasad, India
Ambrotypes Series
Ambrotypes,
circa 1854-circa 1880.
This series contains 108 ambrotype
portraits of men, women, children, post-mortems, a drummer boy, British
officer, outing at Niagara Falls, and an African-American woman.
Cabinet Cards Series
Cabinet cards,
1860s.
This series contains a collection
of 269 unnumbered cabinet cards, and 17 individually numbered cabinet
cards.
Cameras Series
Cameras.
This series contains 6 cameras:
Krona View studio camera, Kodak TB 25, No. 1A Pocket Kodak, Foth Doppel
Anastignat, The Kombi, and two pieces of an Erremann. Eleven cameras and
attachments are also described in the Specialties and Unclassified
series.
Cartes-de-visite Series
Cartes-de-visite,
1850s-1875.
This series contains three
sub-series: cartes-de-visite (CDV), cartes-de-visite miscellany (CDVM), and
cartes-de-visite tintypes (CDVT). There are three cartes-de-visite, 25
collections of cartes-de-visite miscellany, and two collections of 14
cartes-de-visite tintypes. Included among the images are royalty, literary
figures, spirit photography, and presidents of the United States.
Selected images
Cased Art Series
Cased Art,
circa 1850-circa 1870.
This series contains 102
ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, and tintypes collected for their decorative cases,
expecially floral, agrarian, eagle, patriotic, Union, and children.
Daguerreotypes Series
Daguerreotypes,
1840s-1858.
This series contains 227
daguerreotypes of men, women, and children, and one of Niagara
Falls.
Selected images
Eastern Approaches Series
Eastern Approaches,
1860s, undated.
This series contains 15 images
including a Banyan tree in Barrack Pare Park, the Sphinx and pyramid in Egypt,
Zangalei, HMS Orontes at the Suez Canal, and Yokohama.
Exhibits Series
Exhibits.
This series contains 8 folders of
unnumbered photo exhibit announcements.
Family Milestones Series
Family Milestones,
1850s-1918.
This series contains 16 images
commemorating family events including memorial roundels, marriage certificates
with photos, and post mortem photos.
Going Places Series
Going Places,
1881-1911 .
This series contains 14 images of
places including Gettysburg, Pa., people in cars, Pompeii, Monaco, E.K.
Hamilton flying in race against a car in Arizona Territory, and the Boat Club
at Wells College.
Graphics after Photographs Series
Graphics after Photographs,
1861, undated.
This series contains 8 graphic
representations made from photographs of Eglise St. Marca in Venice, Italy;
Prince Napoleon with his wife Princess Clotilde, N.C. Brooks (President of
Baltimore Female College) and Alexander DeWitt (President of Mechanics Bank in
Worcester, MA).
Humor Series
Humor,
1904.
Box 13
[H 2001] Folder 11
Life Magazine cartoon: Grandma takes the baby to the
photographers,
1904
Miscellaneous Series
Miscellaneous.
Box 56
[MISC p 01] Folder 10
Box 55
[MISC p 02 (a-c)] Folder 01
Glass lantern slides
Box 42
Folder 02
Rolled photo sample book
Box 42
Folder 03
Accordion case of metal plates
Modern Books Series
Modern Books.
Box 44
[MODBK 1001] Folder 02
Antique cameras calendar,
1978
Box 44
[MODBK 1002] Folder 03
Antique cameras calendar,
1976
Box 12
[MODBK 1003]
Photoshow magazine #3
Modern Prints Series
Modern Prints.
Box 17
[MODP 1001] Folder 03
Jan Kreiebergs Death Camp
Box 44
[MODP 1002] Folder 01
Nove Paesaggi Italini di Carla Cerati
Box 44
Folder 04
14 Miscellaneous calendars and catalogs
Opalotypes and Ivorytypes Series
Opalotypes and Ivorytypes,
1860s-1890s.
This series contains 18 opalotypes
and ivorytypes depicting men and women, General Benjamin F. Butler, and a view
of Tavistock.
Overpaintings Series
Overpaintings,
1850s-1920.
This series contains 149 images on
a variety of photographic media that have been overpainted--from a slight
rouging of the cheeks to full-blown coverage of the entire image. Subjects
include a Pennsylvania couple, British officer, Dragoon guardsman, mosque of
Oman, old Jerusalem street scene, Prince and Princess of Wales, Yellowstone
Park, Sir William Parker, men, women, and children.
Photography and History Series
Photography and History,
1865, undated.
This series contains 53 images of
Italy, Dresden, Jerusalem, and albumen prints of paintings.
People and Places Series
People and Places,
1854-1926.
This series contains 428 images,
some on cartes-de-visite, glass lantern slides, albumen prints, cyanotypes,
platinum prints of such places as Pennsylvania towns (Johnstown flood,
Bethlehem, Milesburg, York, Shamokin, Philipsburg, Lancaster), Polynesia and
Hawaii, Niagara Falls, London Bridge, Italy (Florence, Venice, and Rome),
Petersburg, Va. in 1865, and subjects such as a bullfight in Seville, Spain,
1871 Chicago fire, African-Americans, and cigarette cards.
Photographically Illustrated Books Series
Photographically Illustrated Books.
This series contains two books and
one cyanotype art brochure.
Photo-graphics Series
Photo-graphics,
1853-1910.
This series contains 12 items
illustating the use of photographs as graphic illustrations. Images include a
photo postcard of mules, photographer's trade card, Gleason's Drawing Room
Companion.
Photographs on Jewelry Series
Photographs on Jewelry,
1880s-1890s.
This series contains various types
of jewelry containing photographic images.
Photographs on Unusual Media Series
Photographs on Unusual Media,
1850s-1860s.
This series contains 15 items
photographically illustrated on linen, tile chip, ceramic plaque, leather,
buttons, and the Beatles photograph on a vinyl record album.
Photography and Advertising Series
Photography and Advertising.
This series contains 30 items
using photographs in advertising and to advertize photography such as a Kodak
ad, magazine ads for cameras, cartes-de-visite containing the photographer's
studio logo, book ads and jackets, photos as posters, and postcards.
Selected images
Photography and Music Series
Photography and Music,
1882-1929.
This series contains six pieces of
sheet music with photography as the theme or containing a
photograph.
Photography and War Series
Photography and War,
1855-1918.
This series contains 14 prints
depicting soldiers and war scenes from the Crimean War, American Civil War, and
World War I.
Selected images
Reproductions Series
Reproductions,
1914-1979.
This series contains 26
reproductions of photographs and of paintings including portfolios, calendars,
and postcards.
Specialties Series
Specialties,
1754-1907.
This series contains unusual
images, media, and objects including a daguerreotype mounted in marble, albumen
prints of actresses on cigarette cards, collodion positive print on ivory,
lantern slides, silver prints on canvas, postage stamp photographs, 1754
hand-colored camera obscura print, silhouette and lock of hair, Kodak candle
lamp and metal wick lamp, glass paperweights, and a color positive glass plate
of Old Botany at Penn State.
Stereoviews Series
Stereoviews,
1864-1904 .
This series contains three
sub-series: stereo miscellany (SM), stereo tableaux vivants (STV), and
stereoviews (ST). Images include orange fruit and blossom, Crystal Palace,
Death of Chatterton, ghosts, Middle East, Brazil, Peru, Europe, stories, the
moon, and African-Americans.
Studio Practice Series
Studio Practice.
This series contains 49 cabinet
cards and postcards depicting people in photographers' studio sets and with
props.
Selected images
Tintypes Series
Tintypes.
This series contains 447 tintypes
in two sub-series: cased tintypes (CTIN) and tintype practice (TINP). Subjects
include men, women, children, soldiers, and African-Americans.
Unclassified Series
Unclassified,
1851-1940s.
This series contains 36 items
including glass plate negatives and positives, metal plate etching, albumen
prints, glass lantern slides, stereo projector and stereo camera, Ansco flash
attachment Polaroid stereo glasses, paperweight, and subjects such as Muybridge
animal locomotion photos, vinyl record album, obituary for Daguerre, and
Niagara Falls.
