Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to still images produced from radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear radiation), generally by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film, paper, glass, or metal. Photographs may be positive or negative, opaque or transparent. The concept does not include reproductive prints of documents and technical drawings, for which descriptors found under "
Found in 776 Collections and/or Records:
Yale University album of architectural views
Collection
Call Number: RU 954
Overview:
The album, probably compiled by John T. Windrim, consists of black and white photographs and postcards documenting the buildings and grounds of Yale University. Included are notes and drawings related to floor plans and a note on the stone used to build Harkness Hall. An announcement for a dinner in honor of architect James H. Windrim is also included.
Dates:
circa 1928
Album of Carr family portrait photographs, 1865-1899
Item — Oversize 14: Series 3
Call Number: MSS 8, Series III
Scope and Contents:
Comprises portrait photographs of individual members of the Carr family. The inside front cover of the album is inscribed: "The Children of T.W. Carr, Rector of Barming." Mounts of the photographs have been labeled in a single (much later?) hand. The majority of photographs appear to be albumen prints.The album includes portraits of T.W. Carr, Harriet Carr, Mary Carr, Thomas Carr, Robert Carr, Al (Alured) Carr, Laura Carr, Frank Carr, and Margaret Carr. The first photograph depicts...
Dates:
1865-1899
Charles Alburtus photograph collection documenting life at Yale
Collection
Call Number: RU 775
Overview:
The materials consist of photographs and negatives taken by Charles Alburtus, primarily of Yale buildings, grounds, and individuals. Includes a few photographs of New Haven, Connecticut.
Dates:
circa 1953-1968
Dorothy Alexander photographs
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1750
Overview:
The collection consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints, contact sheets, negatives, slides, indices and other papers, audiovisual media, and digital files related to the work of Canadian-American photographer Dorothy Alexander. Photographic materials encompass her professional freelance work and personal creative endeavors, particularly street photography.
Dates:
1967–2016
Allan Ludwig Photograph Collection: New England Gravestones
Collection
Call Number: VRC 301
Overview:
Photographs related to the publication: Ludwig, Allan I. Graven images: New England stone-carving and its symbols, 1650-1815 / by Allan I. Ludwig. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press [c1966] xxxi, 482 p.: ill., maps; 26 cm.
Dates:
ca. 1966
Allan Ludwig Photograph Collection: Renaissance Sculpture in Rome
Collection
Call Number: VRC 302
Overview:
Collection of black and white unmounted photographs of Renaissance sculpture, principally sepulchral monuments, in Rome, arranged in folders by location (church) including many details, photographed by Allan Ludwig (vendor). Limited identifying information stamped on the reverse of some photographs.
Dates:
ca. 1969
Nathaniel T. Allen collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1401
Overview:
The collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers of educator and social reformer Nathaniel T. Allen, and biographical and research materials about him. Manuscripts in each series are accompanied by additional photocopied materials, some annotated by an unidentified researcher; for most, locations of originals are unidentified.
Dates:
1834-2009, bulk 1843-1903
American Architecture Medium Format Photograph Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 67
Overview:
Collection black and white and color reproductions of American architecture from the Colonial period through the present, with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century buildings. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources.
Dates:
1900-2005
American Fund for French Wounded Collection
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 56
Overview:
The American Fund for French Wounded (AFFW), founded in 1915, by American women living abroad, was a women's relief agency to aid wounded soldiers in France in World War I. The materials in this collection originated from the Paris Depot of the organization and include correspondence, circulars, newsletters, and images.
Dates:
1915-1918
American Painting Section of the Mounted Photograph Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 1
Overview:
Consists of reproductive photographs of original paintings from a variety of countries, cultures, time periods and in a variety of styles.
Dates:
circa 1900-2005
Ancient Architecture Photograph Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 26
Overview:
Collection consists of black and white and color reproductions of ancient architecture. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
circa 1900-2005
Ancient Painting Photograph Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 15
Overview:
Collection consists of color and black and white reproductions of ancient painting (Classical and Ancient Near Eastern). Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
1900-2005
Andrew Smith Gallery records
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3056
Scope and Contents:
Business records, publications, catalogs, promotional ephemera, printed material, photographs, electronic media, and other papers by or relating to the Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.
Dates:
1974-2013
James Rowland Angell personal papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 2
Overview:
Correspondence, which makes up the bulk of the papers, together with writings, speeches, reports, printed matter and photographs. The family correspondence contains a long series of letters (1890-1894) from Marion Isabel Watrous before her marriage to Angell in 1894. Prominent among his professional correspondents are Charles Bakewell, John Dewey, William James, A.H. Pierce and George Dudley Seymour. Also included are papers relating to Angell's inauguration as president of Yale University and...
Dates:
1833-1986, bulk 1880-1947
Applied and Decorative Arts Medium Format Photograph Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 9
Overview:
Collection of medium format mounted black and white and color reproductions of Western applied and decorative arts, predominantly European. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
circa 1900-2005
Applied and decorative arts photograph collection (medals-musical instruments)
Collection
Call Number: VRC 6.2
Overview:
Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of applied and decorative arts, predominantly European and American. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
circa1900-2005
Applied and decorative arts photograph collection (armor-manuscripts).
Collection
Call Number: VRC 6.1
Overview:
Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of applied and decorative arts, predominantly European and American. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
circa 1900-2005
Applied and decorative arts photograph collection (rugs-woodworking)
Collection
Call Number: VRC 6.4
Overview:
Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of applied and decorative arts, predominantly European and American. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
circa 1900-2005
Architecture Medium Format Photograph Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 51
Overview:
Collection consists of medium format mounted black and white and color reproductions of architecture worldwide. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
circa 1900-2005
Architecture Postcard Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 10
Overview:
Collection of black and white and color commercial postcards from the 19th and 20th centuries largely of buildings and architectural views worldwide.
Dates:
ca. 1880-1960