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Card photographs (photographs)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Commercially-produced photographs mounted on thick card stock, slightly larger than the image. The surrounding card space is usually printed or embossed with the photographer's name or insignia, while the back usually bears the photographer's imprint. They were made by a variety of processes in different standard sizes.
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Jonathan Edwards collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 151
Abstract: The collection consists of writings, correspondence, documents, printed materials, photographs, and artifacts documenting the lives and work of Jonathan Edwards and his family. Jonathan Edwards' papers contain the great majority of his surviving manuscripts. These include over one thousand sermons; private theological and philosophical notebooks, including the nine volume "Miscellanies" and four volume "Notes on the Scripture;" Edwards'interleaved Bible. In addition,...
Dates: 1696-1972, bulk 1726-1758
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jonathan Edwards collection

Victor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack Collection of Photographs of Indians of North America

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 483
Abstract:

This collection consists chiefly of photographic materials created circa 1850-1978 that depict American Indians, including informal and studio portraits, as well as photographs that show the natural and built environment of the American West. Images of the American West include views of cities and towns, mining and logging operations, railroads, and natural scenery.

Dates: circa 1850-1978, bulk 1860-1925
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Victor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack Collection of Photographs of Indians of North America

Carl Mautz collection of Peter Britt photographs

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 865
Abstract: 171 carte-de-visite photographs; 53 cabinet photographs; 61 tintypes, including 1 cased double portrait; 1 cased ambrotype; 20 stereographs; 10 mounted prints; 4 photographic postcards; 5 photographs; and printed material by or relating to photographer Peter Britt, circa 1850s-circa 2000. Collected by Carl Mautz. Photographs are chiefly studio portraits of men, women, and children, including Peter Britt, Amalia Grobb Britt, Amalia Britt, and Emil Britt. Stereographs in the collection depict...
Dates: circa 1850s-circa 2000, bulk circa 1850s-circa 1880s
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Mautz collection of Peter Britt photographs

Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 54
Abstract: The Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection consists chiefly of photographs dating from circa 1850 to 1970, but also includes printed illustrations, original artwork, documents and printed ephemera that provide a record of black history in the United States for the period circa 1770 to 1970. The focus is on African-American subjects, but the collection also includes the work of black photographers, as well as images of white men and women, many of whom were associated with the...
Dates: 1728-1991, bulk 1850-1970
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection

Western Americana card photograph file

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos File
Abstract:

This collection consists of card photographs of various sizes and formats, as well as unmounted photographic prints, circa 1851-1965. The collection documents a broad range of commercial photography between 1860 and 1910, mainly created by regional operators and traveling photographers. The collection also includes examples by renowned photographers, such as Frank Jay Haynes, William Henry Jackson, Alexander Martin, Isaiah West Taber, and Carleton E. Watkins.

Dates: circa 1850-circa 1970, bulk 1860-1910
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Western Americana card photograph file