(Mss
235)
Inventory
Earl K.
Long Library
July
1997
Contents
Summary
Historical
Note
Container
List
Index
Terms
Procedures
for Requesting Special Collections Materials
Summary
Size: 23 items
Geographic
locations:
Inclusive dates: 1890
Summary: Photographic prints
of
Related
collections: Photograph
Collection; Frank B. Moore Collection (Mss 145); Vieux Carre Photographs Collection (Mss 207)
Source: Purchase, 1980
Access: No
restrictions
Copyright: Physical
rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library,
Citation:
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:
Subject: "Steamship at the
wharf on
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Looking
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks: View includes Henry Clay
statue
Number:
Subject:
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Fading around edges
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Steamship
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Loading at wharf foot
of
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "A Greek Sailing
Ship,"
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Minor discoloration
at edges
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "A Greek Sailing
Ship,"
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Minor discoloration
at edges
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Fading around edges
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Mount stained at
edges, nominally affecting edge of print
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Old parish
prison,"
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Old parish prison,"
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Mount stained at
edges, nominally affecting edge of print
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Old Cathedral,
barracks, and Statue of Andrew Jackson -
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Some surface wear
and fading
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "The Mint,"
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Fading, affecting
edges and center of image
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Large stain,
affecting upper third of image
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: [
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Jungle alongside the
road from the City to
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Minor spotting
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "At Spanish
Fort,"
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Spanish Fort on
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Boat basin at
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Good
Remarks:
Number:
Subject: "Road to
Date: February 1890
Photographer: Unknown
Form: Print (4 1/2" x 7
3/8") mounted on paper board (5 1/4" x 8 1/2")
Condition: Some surface wear
and fading
Remarks:
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