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Schomburg Daguerreotype collection.
- Title
- Schomburg Daguerreotype collection.
- Published by
- 1840s to 1850s.
Collection information
Finding aid
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 2 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSCP 186032 box 2 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 1 | FormatArchival Mix | AccessSupervised use | Call numberSCP 186032 box 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Summary
- The Schomburg Daguerreotype collection dates from the 1840s to 1850s, and consists of seventeen daguerreotypes which depict individuals, most of whom are Black, in a posed portrait style.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- Call number
- SCP 186032
- Language
- English
- Source (note)
- Source of acquisition is unknown.
- Location of other archival materials (note)
- The bulk of Augustus Washington's daguerreotypes of Black people are held at the Library of Congress in the Prints and Photographs Division.
- Title
- Schomburg Daguerreotype collection.
- Production
- 1840s to 1850s.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- sheet
- Location of other archival materials
- The bulk of Augustus Washington's daguerreotypes of Black people are held at the Library of Congress in the Prints and Photographs Division.
- Source
- Source of acquisition is unknown.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Photographers.
- Added author
- Washington, Augustus, 1820 or 1821-1875, photographer.
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, compiler.
- Research call number
- SCP 186032