Research Catalog

[Album of Fox family photographs]

Title
[Album of Fox family photographs] [graphic].
Publication
1911-1912.

Details

Description
1 album (51 photographs); 18 x 29.5 cm.
Summary
Family snapshots, primarily groups, and including children. Includes baby in wicker stroller and women posing in front of Christmas toy advertisement for a Harlem business; also views of children on sidewalk and fences in urban area. Rural and suburban views include man and woman on porch, woman holding cats, posing in meadow, on boardwalk, adults and children in yard of home, young man with raccoon on chain, views on a farm, including a boy in overalls; mill building; cats; house; river; women in bathing costume in front of painted backdrop, and a woman on a bench, sign in foreground "Shoholaglen." Some views identified: N.Y., San Antonio and Breckenridge Park. Names of individuals pictured include Beauvais Fox, Sr. and Jr. and Caroline Fox.
Subject
  • Fox, Beauvais
  • Fox family
  • Children & adults
  • Cats
  • Couples
  • Dwellings
  • Families
  • Farms
  • Porches
  • Raccoons
  • Streets > New York
  • Studio props
  • New York (State)
  • San Antonio (Tex.)
Genre/Form
  • Albums.
  • Group portraits.
  • Portraits.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Silver gelatin prints.
  • Tintypes.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Images consist primarily of 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" silver gelatin snapshots in pages with window mounts tabbed into expandable album bound with red cord, "Photographs" in gold on the cover. Also includes 2 tintypes and a cyanotype. Some photos placed loose in album. Some identified and dated on verso.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Provenance (note)
  • Transferred from Theatre Collection, 1986.
Call Number
MFY 95-24
OCLC
NYPG95-F28
Title
[Album of Fox family photographs] [graphic].
Imprint
1911-1912.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Provenance
Transferred from Theatre Collection, 1986.
Local Subject
Painted backdrops.
Research Call Number
MFY 95-24
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