Research Catalog
Schomburg Daguerreotype collection.
- Title
- Schomburg Daguerreotype collection.
- Publication
- 1840s to 1850s.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186032 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | SCP 186032 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- 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.
- Call Number
- SCP 186032
- OCLC
- 1303033439
- 1303033439
- Title
- Schomburg Daguerreotype collection.
- Production
- 1840s to 1850s.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- 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.
- 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