Research Catalog
Schomburg cabinet card collection.
- Title
- Schomburg cabinet card collection.
- Publication
- [between 1866 and 1900?]
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Cabinet Card Collection Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | Sc Photo Cabinet Card Collection Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- 226 items (.4 cubic ft., two boxes); 16 x 11 cm and smaller.
- 215 cabinet photographs : black and white ;
- 11 card photographs : black and white ;
- Summary
- Collection consists chiefly of studio portraits and candid shots of African American men, women, young adults, small children, couples, families, and other groups. Individuals appear to be of working class and middle class backgrounds. Among the individuals depicted in the collection are Booker T. Washington, Henry McNeal Turner, William J. Whipper, Oswald Durand, and Patrick Reason. In addition to portraits, the collection contains several views of cities (including Macon, Ga. and Charleston, S.C.), several staged photographs, and several illustrations.
- Of the photographs that bear studio information on their mounts, the majority were produced within the continental United States, including New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and South Carolina, among other locations; a handful of prints bear information of studios located in Haiti, Curacao, and the United Kingdom.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1866-1900.
- Photographic prints – 1866-1900.
- Albumen prints – 1866-1900.
- Card photographs – 1866-1900.
- Cabinet photographs.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs bear photography studio's name printed on recto or verso of mount.
- Some items bear handwritten notations or captions on recto or verso; some items are duplicates.
- Collection contains work by J.P. Ball & Son and Parlor Gallery, among others.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Cabinet Card Collection
- OCLC
- 1313643421
- Title
- Schomburg cabinet card collection.
- Production
- [between 1866 and 1900?]
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- card
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Ball, J. P. (James Presley), 1825-1904, photographer.J.P. Ball & Son (Helena, Mont.), photographer.Parlor Gallery (Philadelphia, Pa.), photographer.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Cabinet Card Collection