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Potomac : East and West (portfolio of photoprints), 1991
- Notes
- Artist b. Port Chester, N.Y., 1945; childhood in several American cities and Switzerland; studied printmaking at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., graduated 1969; gave up printmaking for photography due to influence of Farm Security Administration photographs he had seen at the Library of Congress as a teenager. Self-employed photographer since 1970, working on grants and contracts to document workers, rural poverty, etc.; also landscape, still life, and portraiture. To Denmark in 1979, doing commercial photography for about ten years before returning to the U.S. Work in many museum and private collections. Artist's residency, Yaddo, 1992-1993
- Summary
- Photographs of agricultural landscapes, cemeteries, industrial buildings (exterior and interior views), commercial buildings in rural areas, etc., in the Potomac River region of Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each image contains a small area hand-colored by the photographer, providing a subtly mysterious, often whimsical or humorous effect
- Cite as
- Jan Faul "Potomac East and West" Portfolio, 1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist
- Date
- 1991
- 1990-2000
- 1980-2000
- photographer
- Faul, Jan 1945-
- Local number
- 1991.0878 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Marshall Sylvia Amateur Snapshot Collection, 1936-1937
- Notes
- As the donor did not supply identification with the photographs, nothing is known about them except for captions and marks on the backs of the prints
- Summary
- Amateur snapshots of people and places, processed by commercial photofinishers. Typical range of snapshot subjects, such as a wedding group, informal portraits, including people with automobiles, landscapes and waterfalls (including the Temperance River and Gooseberry Falls), and a costume party. Some prints are hand-colored. Some identified in pencil on verso. The dates 1936 and 1937 are included on some, and some are identified as processed by Brown Photo Service, Minneapolis, Minn., and La Crosse Film Service, Wisconsin, so possibly many of the subjects are in Minnesota and Wisconsin
- Cite as
- Marshall Sylvia Amateur Snapshot Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1936
- 1936-1937
- 1930-1940
- donor
- Sylvia, Marshall
- photofinisher
- Brown Photo Service Minneapolis, Minn.
- La Crosse Film Service La Crosse, Wis.
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Winter landscapes and ice formations : stereographs, ca. 1870-1901
- Summary
- Views include: "The Winter King and the Winter Queen" by Kilburn, and views by Procter, Preston, and Richardson. Most are unidentified locations by unidentified photographers
- Date
- 1870
- ca 1870-1901
- 1870-1900
- photographer
- Kilburn, B. W
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Arizona : stereograph, ca. 1902
- Notes
- In photographs division, stereographs sub-series, box 7
- Summary
- View of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon
- Date
- 1902
- ca 1902
- 1900-1910
- collector
- Warshaw, Isadore d. 1969
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Down the Gorge and over the Falls of the Genesee from R.R. bridge, Portage. [Active no. 13501 : stereo photonegative,] 1906
- Notes
- Similar to RSN 343; "C.W.W./N.Y. '06" on envelope
- Currently stored in box 1.1.2 [158], moved from [162]. Original number, 331-A-1
- Summary
- Aerial view
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- 000143-00243.gif (AC Scan No.)
- RSN 143
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Beautiful Middle Falls of the Genesee with Erie Ry. bridge in distance, Portage. [Active no. 13503 : stereo photonegative,] 1906
- Notes
- Same as RSN 345, 404 and 405; "C.W.W./N.Y. '06" on envelope; 328-E on plate? Cancellation scratches
- Currently stored in box 1.1.2 [158], moved from [162]
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 145
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A glimpse of one of nature's beauty spots, Genesee River and Falls, Portage. [Active no. 13504 : stereo photonegative,] 1906
- Notes
- Similar to RSN 346; "C.W.W./N.Y. '06" on envelope; 329-1 on plate?
- Currently stored in box 1.1.2 [158], moved from [162]
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 146
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
The rugged Gorge of the Genesee, showing Middle and Upper Falls, Portage. [Active no. 13505 : stereo photonegative,] 1906
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.2 [158], moved from [162]
- Similar to RSN 347; "C.W.W./N.Y. '06" on envelope. Orig. no. 327-C
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 147
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
Famous High Banks of the Genesee from near the gates of Glen Iris, Portage. [Active no. 13506 : photonegative,] 1906
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.2 [158], moved from [162]
- Similar to RSN 348; "C.W.W./N.Y. '06" on envelope. Orig. no. 333-1
- Date
- 1906
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 148
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
A five-acre bed of head lettuce ready for the market. [Active no. 13511 : stereo photonegaive]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.2 [158], moved from [162]
- Similar to RSN 350. Orig. nos. 343-3; 104. Very thin (underexposed?) negative
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- White, C. W
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 150
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
