Photographs COLLECTION
Inventory
Earl K.
Long Library
July
1997
Contents
Summary
Historical
Note
Container
List
List
of Known Photographers Represented in the Collection
Other
Index Terms
Procedures
for Requesting Special Collections Materials
Summary
Size: 9 linear
feet
Geographic
locations: Primarily
Inclusive dates: ca. 1850-present
Related
collections: Frank B. Moore Collection (Mss 145); Vieux
Carré Photographs Collection (Mss 207); William Hession Collection (Mss
229); New Orleans Views
Collection (Mss 235)
Source: Gifts, purchases
Access: No restrictions
Copyright: Physical
rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library,
Citation: Photographs
Collection, Earl K. Long Library,
Historical Note
Photography was brought to
An Englishman, Frederick Scott
Archer, in 1851 "developed a method of using a light-sensitive collodion emulsion as the medium for creating a negative
image. When the negative was formed upon
a glass plate and backed by a dark ground, the image appeared positive. This unique photograph was called an ambrotype.
When the negative was formed on a thin iron sheet, which had been
japanned black or dark brown, it was called a ferrotype or tintype. This was also a unique image. Photographs upon glass or common sheet metal
were much cheaper to produce than daguerreotypes, which required more precious
metals as well as hours of preparation.
But the most important use of the collodion
process was for the production of glass negatives from which many paper
positives could be made, thus introducing a means of rapid production of
inexpensive multiple prints" (p. 5).
"If
"The war created a
shift from an emphasis on leisurely portrait making to a fast turnout of
inexpensive images such as the tintype and carte-de-visite,
which recorded the faces of the young soldiers and their families as well as
the generals of opposing armies. The carte-de-visite was a small paper photograph, usually 2½ by 4
inches, which was mounted on a card about the size of a visiting card. It was a French invention, patented in
1854. Works of this type were mailed by
the thousands to loved ones, who placed them in albums as cherished mementoes
or popular souvenirs. The war also
contributed to the expanson of the photographer's
interests and to commissions beyond the portrait." Several
During its first quarter-century,
"photography in
"In 1869 several important
changes occurred. A method for
retouching the negative rather than the finished print revolutionized the
portrait business; the opening of the American West by the railroad companies
stimulated an interest in landscape photography and boosted the stereo trade
card. In 1871 a radical change was made
by a British physician, Richard L. Maddox, who took the first steps in the
development of a gelatin-based negative, which would eventually lead to the
production of cameras for the millions.
Photography was then taken out of the exclusive domain of the
professional operator, who offered traditional and formal images, and was put
into the hands of the amateur who used the camera for personal expression"
(p. 7).
Container List
Number: P-1
Location: 4.1
Subject: Nienaber family
tomb, Carrollton Cemetery; probably shortly after Miss Margaret Nienaber's funeral, September 4, 1907 (See Daily Picayune, September 4, 1907, p. 5,
col. 6-7)
Date: Probably
Photographer: Ernest J. Bellocq,
Form: Print
(7" x 9") mounted on paper board (11" x 14")
Condition: Some foxing on print and mount board; corner of mount
board chipped
Remarks: See
also P-2
Source: Purchase,
1980
Number: P-2
Location: 4.1
Subject: Nienaber family
tomb, Carrollton Cemetery; probably shortly after Miss Margaret Nienaber's funeral, September 4, 1907 (See Daily Picayune, September 4, 1907, p. 5,
col. 6-7)
Date: Probably
Photographer: Ernest J. Bellocq,
Form: Print
(7" x 9") mounted on paper board (11" x 14")
Condition: Some
foxing on print and mount board
Remarks: See
also P-1. Lent to
Source: Purchase,
1980
Number: P-7
Location: 5.2
Subject: St.
Patrick's Day Banquet, St. Charles Hotel
Date: 1910
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print
(8" x 12") tinted green, mounted on paper board (12" x 15")
Condition: Holes and
tears on print and mounting board
Remarks: Printed
list of dignitaries on mounting board
Source: Purchase,
1978
Number: P-8
Location: 4.1
Subject: Group
pose with sign "6th Grade | 1907."
McDonogh 23 School?
Date: 1907
Photographer: Teunisson Photo, N.O.LA.
Form: Print
(7¾" x 9_") mounted on paper board (11" x 14")
Condition:
Remarks: Dealer
reported picture came from same source as photographs P-1 and P-2
Source: Purchase,
1980
Number: P-20
Location: 5.2
Subject: Child
in urban winter scene with considerable ice
Date: ca.
1920s?
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print
(8" x 10") mounted on paper board (12" x 14")
Condition: Edge of
mounting board scuffed
Remarks: Penciled
on reverse "Albert Robert |
Source: Unknown
Number: P-21
Location: 4.1
Subject: Large
frame residence in rural community (St. Tammany Parish?)
Date: 1910?
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print
(7" x 9") with mat (11" x 14")
Condition:
Remarks:
Source: Purchase,
1980
Number: P-23
Location: 5.2
Subject: Posed
group of girls with "
Date: ca.
1920?
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print
(8" x 10") mounted on paper board (12" x 14")
Condition: Edges
broken on mounting board
Remarks: Inscribed
on reverse, "High School Class of Lillian Olga Fincke"
Source: Unknown
Number: P-24
Location: 5.2
Subject: Man
at controls of motorized wagon parked on
Date: ca.
1915-1920
Photographer: H. J. Harvey ½
Photo-N.O.
Form: Print
(7" x 10") mounted on paper board (12" x 14")
Condition: Print
stained; mounting board stained and corners broken
Remarks: See
also P-25; Garland Wagon Company is listed in city directories of 1914 through
1962 at 725 and
Source: Purchase,
1979
Number: P-25
Location: 4.1
Subject: Wagon
with name "GARLAND" stenciled on side;
Date: ca.
1915-1920
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print
(8" x 10") mounted on paper board (12" x 14")
Condition: Print
foxed; mounting board cracked with missing corners
Remarks: See
also P-24; Garland Wagon Company is listed in city directories of 1914 through
1962 at 725 and
Source: Purchase,
1979
Number: P-32
Location: 4.1
Subject: St.
Patrick's Day Banquet, St. Charles Hotel
Date: ca.
1905-1915
Photographer: Teunisson
Form: Print
(7¾" x 9½") mounted on paper board (11" x 14")
Condition: Minor
scratches on print; mounting board torn with frayed corners and edges
Remarks: Inscribed
on reverse in pencil: "I don't know | and I [dont]
care"
Source: Purchase,
1980
Number: P-36
Location: 3.1
Subject: Black
Civil War soldier identified in accompanying copy of National Archives letter
(August 4, 1942) as Jules Dickerson, alias Jules Dixon, Corporal, Company B,
80th United States Colored Volunteer Infantry.
Mr. Jules Edward, a Dickerson descendant, stated that the subject was
originally from St. James Parish,
Date: ca.
1865
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Modern
color print (10" x 8") of earlier print tinted by pastel and/or water
color
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Source: Gift,
1981
Number: P-39
Location: 1.1
Subject: Public
market,
Date: ca.
1920s or 1930s
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print
(4½" x 2¾")
Condition: Some
yellowing, corners bent
Remarks:
Source: Purchase,
1982
Number: P-40
Location: 4.1
Subject: Interior
group scene, "50'TH BIRTHDAY. R.
PELAYO | N.O. FEB 28 .1913."
Date:
Photographer: C. L. Franck,
Form: Print
(8" x 10¼") mounted on card (11" x 14")
Condition: Top
corners on card mount broken; minor water stains; some surface dirt
Remarks: Lettered
in white on face of print: "50'th BIRTHDAY. R. PELAYO. | N.O. FEB 28.1913." Stamped on reverse: " C. L. Franck, |
Source: Purchase
Number: P-48
Location: 3.2
Subject: Street
scene featuring two-story brick building with sign, "THE M[I]DWAY
SALOON. [C] CRESSIONNIE PROP." View includes two men, one of whom appears to
be the bartender. Support columns of
building's gallery bear signs advertising Louisiana Pilsener
Beer, New Orleans Brewing Company.
Building, now demolished, stood on the downtown side of the 400 block of