| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alascheir railway, Asia minor, constructed by Samuel Bayliss, CE  | | | | Dates: | circa 1875 | | | | Abstract: | Alascheir Railway, Asia Minor, an album of 30 albumen prints by an unknown photographer, documents the completed extension of the Smyrna Cassaba railroad from Cassaba to Alascheir (Alaşehir), Turkey, which was constructed under the direction of Samuel Bayliss and completed in 1875. | | | | Number: | 89.R.24 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Album of Mexican and French cartes-de-visite | | | | Dates: | between 1861 and 1880 | | | | Abstract: | The album of cartes-de-visite by mostly unidentified photographers, assembled during the time of the French intervention in Mexico by an unknown person, contains photographs of Pre-Columbian related statuary; portraits of 19th-century Mexican presidents, military, and political figures; studio portraits of indigenous people, street vendors, and other professions; portraits of figures associated with the French in Mexico; portraits of Napoleon III and family; and portraits of the compiler's family and friends. | | | | Number: | 2000.R.25 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Brazilian cordel literature collection | | | | Dates: | 1924-1990 | | | | Abstract: | The Brazilian cordel literature collection contains over 2000 pamphlets of popular literature known in Portuguese as literatura de cordel or "string literature." Traditionally, literatura de cordel is composed in verse and illustrated with woodcuts on the front cover, and it derives its name from the way it is sold suspended by a string in Brazilian open-air markets. The collection includes pamphlets published between 1924 and 1990 arranged into four series by region of publication: Center-West, Northeast, Southeast, and Undetermined. The collection inventory provides the title of each pamphlet in the collection. | | | | Number: | 950072 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Caricatures of salons and artists | | | | Dates: | 1785-1910 | | | | Abstract: | Caricatures of salons and artists, 1785-1910 Approximately 720 caricatures, most taken from French journals, but also some prints and original drawings. Items parody various aspects of French culture: the Parisian salons and other art exhibitions; current events and society; and art, literary, and political figures. | | | | Number: | 920048 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Carte-de-visite album of Algeria | | | | Dates: | 1870s-1880s | | | | Abstract: | The carte-de-visite album contains 50 cartes-de-visite of Algeria and Algerians by various photographers including Jean Geiser and Alexandre Leroux; a two-part panorama of Algiers by Jean Geiser made from two joined horizontal cabinet cards; and a panoramic view of Oran by A. Decugis showing the port and military hospital, also on a horizontal cabinet card. | | | | Number: | 2019.R.1 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | DDR collections,  | | | | Dates: | 1928-1993, (bulk 1950-1993) | | | | Abstract: | The DDR collections, assembled from individual artists' and
scholars' papers, chronicle the evolution of a national cultural policy in East
German visual arts, art history, and architecture, through forty years of German
Socialism. Well represented are the activities of the Union of Visual Artists
(Verband Bildender Künstler, or VBK), the organization of its congresses and art
exhibitions, and the editorial agendas of its journal Bildende Kunst. Also
represented is the creation of a socialist history of German art, with a
corresponding curriculum. Lastly, the collection documents activities of the Central
Working Group for Architecture and Visual Arts (ZAG/AbK), whose responsibilities
included architectural and urban policy. The DDR collections contain scant testimony
of East Germany's alternative culture, prominent in the 1989 uprising. Rather the
documents reflect official culture and the use of art as a medium for domestic
propaganda. | | | | Number: | 940002 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Exposición Universal Barcelona 1888 | | | | Dates: | 1888 | | | | Abstract: | The album of collotypes documents the Barcelona Exposition of 1888. Included are birds-eye views of the exposition grounds; the greenhouse; the Hemicycle; the Maritime section; exteriors of individual pavilions; and interior displays including those in the Palace of Fine Arts, the Hall of Agriculture and the Palace of Industry. | | | | Number: | 90.R.23 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Images from Tahiti | | | | Dates: | 1870-1895 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of 19 photographs taken by Charles Georges Spitz and Sophia Hoare depicts people and events as well as everyday life in Tahiti during the last three decades of the 19th century. Included are portraits of the Tahitian royal family; photographs depicting the funeral of Pōmare V; and a group portrait of M. Chessé and the chiefs of Tahiti and Mo'orea, taken at the time of France's annexation of Tahiti in 1880. | | | | Number: | 93.R.90 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Indian portrait album | | | | Dates: | 1880 | | | | Abstract: | The album contains 122 carte-de-visite and 11 cabinet card portraits of Indian sitters and related subjects by various photographers including: Bourne & Shepherd; John Burke; Hurrychund Chintamon; Photographie Parisienne, Bombay; Shapoorjee Hormusjee; Vussuntrao Hurrychund & Co.; Rustomjee Jamsetjee; David Sykes; and P. Vuccino & Co. | | | | Number: | 2011.R.17 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Italian theater prints | | | | Dates: | circa 1550-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Italian theater prints collection documents the development of stage design, or scenography, the architecture of theaters, and the iconography of commedia dell'arte characters and masks. | | | | Number: | P980004 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | M. Knoedler & Co. artist files | | | | Dates: | approximately 1890-1971 | | | | Abstract: | The M. Knoedler & Co. artist files form part of the records of the firm of M. Knoedler & Co. described in the related finding aid for the collection. Due to their size, these files are described separately from the rest of the archive. The M. Knoedler & Co. artist files primarily document artworks handled by the New York office of Knoedler & Co. and represent the bulk of the materials in Series VII. Photographs. The photographs, along with research and descriptive information, document artworks purchased and sold by the firm or on consignment at the firm, as well as artworks offered for sale to the firm, but not acquired. In addition to photographs, each artist file typically includes "pedigree" documentation of the artworks, such as ownership history, bibliographies and expertise documentation. The photographs provide a visual record of the condition of the artwork at the time it was in the firm's stock and enable to distinguish works with similar titles or works whose titles have changed over time. Often they are the last record of works whose location is presently unknown. The titles indicated for the works are derived from the titles that Knoedler staff assigned the works in the stock books, the sales books or the inventory cards. When possible, abbreviations of the titles in the archive have been expanded and spelling mistakes corrected, but no attempt has been made to update the titles to current standards. When different sources in the archive provided titles that differed considerably, the different versions have been provided, when possible. The main finding aid for the M. Knoedler & Co. records is available here: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2012m54. | | | | Number: | 2012.M.54.S7A | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Maps of Paris | | | | Dates: | 1754-1907 | | | | Abstract: | A collection of 152 printed maps of Paris and its environs, dating from the mid-18th to early 20th centuries. Most are hand-colored, indexed, and many are illustrated with vignettes of famed monuments. | | | | Number: | P910001 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Martinique: vues & types | | | | Dates: | 1870s-1880s | | | | Abstract: | The album of 69 photographs taken by an unidentified photographer(s) contains views of Martinique and studio portraits of the island's inhabitants. | | | | Number: | 95.R.97 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac | | | | Dates: | circa 1768-1840 | | | | Abstract: | A comprehensive collection of architectural materials related to the building of a bridge at Bergerac in southwest France (bulk ca. 1825), containing plans, designs, proposals, explanations, estimates, specifications, correspondence, and other supporting materials. | | | | Number: | 870536 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mexican carte-de-visite portrait album from the era of Maximilian and Napoleon III | | | | Dates: | between 1854 and 1870 | | | | Abstract: | The album of carte-de-visite portraits was compiled by an unidentified person, most likely of French nationality, during or shortly after the period known as the French intervention in Mexico (1861-1867) when the French invaded and ruled that country, establishing Maximilien, Archduke of Austria, as Emperor of Mexico. It includes photographs by several photographers active in France or Mexico such as François Aubert and André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. | | | | Number: | 92.R.8 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents | | | | Dates: | 1969-1989 | | | | Abstract: | An assembled collection of visual and written documentation, including correspondence and artists' statements, and photographs and drawings relating to gallery installations, sculptural pieces, conceptual pieces, land art, and performances. Includes artists' letters to German critic and editor Werner Lippert and Galleria Toselli in Milan, and materials pertaining to the exhibition Prospect 69 (Dusseldorf, 1969). Includes letters from artists and gallery owners to Konrad Fischer, and some Fluxus printed ephemera. | | | | Number: | 920025 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | New York World Fair 1940 album | | | | Dates: | 1940 | | | | Abstract: | Album of hand-colored photographs by an unidentified amateur photographer documenting a stay in New York City in 1940. | | | | Number: | 2006.R.6 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Nineteenth-century French artists' letters and other papers | | | | Dates: | 1719-1921 | | | | Abstract: | This assembled collection comprises 85 items, mainly letters, notes, and cards written by 30 identified French artists, and 10 of other nationalities, on various subjects related to their professional and private lives. | | | | Number: | 2000.M.23 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Photograph album of Canton | | | | Dates: | 1870s | | | | Abstract: | The disbound album of 28 albumen photographs of Canton (Guangzhou), China and surrounding areas comprises a mix of Chinese scenes (temples, gardens, tea houses, rice fields) and images related specifically to the European community in Canton and its activities. | | | | Number: | 2010.R.3 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Photographic album of Rangoon | | | | Dates: | circa 1896 | | | | Abstract: | Photographic album of Rangoon contains 47 cyanotype views of businesses in Rangoon, each paired with a full-page advertisement on the opposing page. Businesses depicted include general outfitters; provisioners; haberdashers; boot, shoe and saddle makers; purveyors of wine and spirits; chemists; tobacconists; sellers of pianos and other musical instruments; stationers, booksellers and publishers; banks; and coach works. A few views of local monuments, sites and government buildings are also present. These include the post office; government house; the public buildings; the Cantonment Garden; and the Shwedagon Pagoda. | | | | Number: | 2018.R.6 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Photographs of Twentieth-century Artists, Exhibitions, Installations, and Studio Views | | | | Dates: | circa 1900-1990 | | | | Abstract: | A collection of assembled documentary and rare photographs of artists, art personalities (including dealers, collectors, art historians, art critics, and publishers), exhibitions, collections, installations, and studios. | | | | Number: | 90.R.11 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Poona Plague Pictures | | | | Dates: | 1897-1908, undated | | | | Abstract: | The album, most likely compiled by Dr. C. H. B. Adams-Wylie, the plague medical officer at the General Plague Hospital in Poona (Pune), India, from 1897-1898, records the work of that hospital in great detail. The photographs portray the daily work of the hospital and include portraits of hospital staff, views of the hospital wards and grounds, and detailed close-up studies of plague patients. Photographs taken outside the hospital compound document the measures instituted by Pune's Special Plague Committee and enforced by the British and native soldiers, such as forced house inspections and the holding of residents within observation and segregation camps. | | | | Number: | 96.R.95 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Portraits of a British merchant family in Brazil | | | | Dates: | between 1845 and 1865 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of cased photographs comprises 32 photographs, mostly portraits of the extended Youle family, a British merchant family residing in Recife, Brazil, in the mid-nineteenth century. Included are 14 daguerreotypes, 18 ambrotypes, one tintype, and two albumen prints. While the makers of most of the photographs in the collection are unidentified, three daguerreotypes that did not originate with the Youle family were made by Fredricks and Weeks in Recife in 1851. | | | | Number: | 95.R.30 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Portraits of performers | | | | Dates: | 1870-1951, undated (bulk 1870-1935) | | | | Abstract: | The collection comprises 385 studio portraits dating from the 1870s to the 1930s of variety show artists including vaudeville, burlesque, minstrel and stage performers. The card-mounted portraits, primarily cabinet cards, depict sketch, character and comedic actors; singers; dancers; acrobats; gymnasts; contortionists; clowns; acrobatic cyclists; jugglers; aerialists and trapeze and wire artists; ventriloquists; minstrel singers and players; comedians; male and female impersonators; strongmen and strongwomen; show riders and other performers hailing from and photographed across Europe, the United States, Egypt, and Latin America. | | | | Number: | 2014.R.4 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Portraits of Peruvians | | | | Dates: | circa 1855-circa 1939 | | | | Abstract: | A collection of negatives for formal studio portraits, mainly of middle- and upper-class Limeños, taken in Peru. | | | | Number: | 96.R.85 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Reports submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of conservation grants | | | | Dates: | 1986-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The records consist entirely of final and annual progress reports made up of correspondence, reports, surveys, architectural drawings, publications, specifications, print and slide photographic documentation, CD-ROMs, video, and floppy diskettes, dating 1986-2011, submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of conservation grants for the purpose of documenting the progress and results of their grant-funded projects. | | | | Number: | IA20017 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Souvenir d'Algérie | | | | Dates: | 1889 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs taken by an amateur photographer of sights and everyday life in late-nineteenth century Algiers are presented in two portfolios each titled Souvenir d'Algérie. | | | | Number: | 2008.R.15 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Souvenir du Sahara | | | | Dates: | 1901-1904 | | | | Abstract: | Album of photographs (70 gelatin silver, 38 albumen), probably created by an amateur photographer. Images document various sites in or neighboring the Sahara, and features the major cities of Algeria including Oran, Tlemcen, Algiers, and Constantine, as well as the desert oases of Taghit, Biskra, and Beni Abbes. | | | | Number: | 2007.R.1 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Spain and Belgium travel album | | | | Dates: | compiled 1890s | | | | Abstract: | An album containing views of Spain and Belgium, focusing on the exteriors and interiors of churches, monasteries, palaces and civic buildings. Locales represented include Burgos, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Córdoba, Toledo and Seville in Spain, and Brussels, Antwerp, Liège and Spa in Belgium. | | | | Number: | 89.R.38 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tunisie et Tripolitaine | | | | Dates: | approximately 1880 | | | | Abstract: | An album containing photographs of Tunisia, Tripoli, and surrounding areas in Libya. | | | | Number: | 2005.R.2 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Varias Fotografias | | | | Dates: | circa 1890 | | | | Abstract: | The album contains collotypes of Mexican antiquities, primarily Mesoamerican ceramic or stone objects, as well as two colonial pieces. Most of the objects were photographed while on display in the former Museo Nacional de México. Also included are two views of the Pyramid of the Niches at the Totonac site of El Tajin. | | | | Number: | 2006.R.7 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views and Peoples of Algeria | | | | Dates: | 1867-1868, undated | | | | Abstract: | The album contains 82 photographs of Algeria and includes landscapes and portraits. | | | | Number: | 2002.R.9 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views and scenes of China | | | | Dates: | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | This group of 22 albumen prints of China includes nine images from Shanghai, four from Hankou, three from Tianjin, two from Guangzhou, two from Hong Kong, and one each from Anting, Ningbo, Xiamen, Beijing, and Nanjing. Included are photographs made by British military personnel and other European photographers, as well as Chinese photographers and studios. Photographers include Paul Champion, St. Julian Hugh Edwards, Lai Fong, Liang Shitai, Kung Tai, Pow Kee Studio, and Major James Crombie Watson. | | | | Number: | 2006.R.1 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views from the Iltis in China | | | | Dates: | 1919 | | | | Abstract: | An album of 154 collodion and gelatin silver photographs compiled by an unidentified German sailor from photographs collected during his tour of duty aboard the German gunboat Iltis. The focus of the album is the German naval presence in China, documenting the Iltis and its crew in particular, but also including views of other German and foreign naval vessels. It also presents a picture of Chinese culture during the last days of the Qing dynasty, the revolution of 1911, and the birth of the Chinese Republic, and documents both domestic struggle and foreign intervention as well as scenes of daily life. | | | | Number: | 2003.R.2 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of Algeria | | | | Dates: | 1897 | | | | Abstract: | This album of 39 photographs was assembled by an unidentified French couple who toured northern Algeria in 1897. | | | | Number: | 93.R.91 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of Asia Minor | | | | Dates: | 1860-1890 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of photographs depicts ancient, medieval, and natural sites in Asia Minor. Contributors include Rubellin and Alexander Svoboda. | | | | Number: | 2002.R.44 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of Belém, Brazil | | | | Dates: | circa 1870-1879 | | | | Abstract: | Sixteen photographs by an unidentified photographer document the northern Brazilian port city of Belém in the 1870s. | | | | Number: | 95.R.51 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of Chile | | | | Dates: | circa 1880-1889 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of photographic prints by an unknown maker depicts views of Chile. | | | | Number: | 91.R.13 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of India | | | | Dates: | 1858-1890 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs of religious monuments, landscapes, and city views in various cities in India. | | | | Number: | 2002.R.5 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of India | | | | Dates: | 1860-1890 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs of religious and secular monuments and group portraits of local residents in India. | | | | Number: | 90.R.42 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of India album | | | | Dates: | between 1857 and 1863 | | | | Abstract: | The album contains 54 views of central and northern India that appear to have been taken by a skilled amateur photographer. Present are views of forts and gateways (Kalinjar; Chunar; Baradar; Bharigarh), palaces, temples (Khajuraho; Bhadaura), ghats, landscapes and waterfalls. | | | | Number: | 2017.R.35 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of Madagascar | | | | Dates: | ca. 1895 | | | | Abstract: | The album contains 50 photographic prints by an anonymous photographer. The photographs depict the indigenous peoples of Madagascar and their surroundings from a (French) colonial perspective. | | | | Number: | 2002.R.38 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of Southeast Asia | | | | Dates: | circa 1870-circa 1910 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of photographs contains views of archaeological sites, ruins, temples, stupas, and landscapes, as well as portraits of local and European residents in Southeast Asia. | | | | Number: | 98.R.2 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of the Belgian Congo album | | | | Dates: | 1908-1909 | | | | Abstract: | The album, compiled by an unidentified colonial agent who was in the Belgian Congo from 1908 to 1909, documents one man's experiences in the region during the first year of the newly-annexed Belgian colony's existence. The album records the agent's journey from Antwerp to Matadi and thence up the Congo river to his post at Yoboila (Lomami). The remainder of the album documents the agent's daily life, local inhabitants and surroundings. | | | | Number: | 97.R.58 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views of the railroad from Saigon to Mỹ Tho | | | | Dates: | 1881-1886 | | | | Abstract: | Sixty photographs by one or more unidentified photographers document the construction of the first railroad in Indochina, built between 1881 and 1886. The views depict station buildings and platforms, train sheds, railroad tracks and railroad bridges, both under construction and after completion. | | | | Number: | 2003.R.1 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Views on the Isthmus album | | | | Dates: | approximately 1870 | | | | Abstract: | The album Views on the Isthmus contains 21 views, taken by an unknown photographer, of the Isthmus of Panama along the route of the Panama Railroad, roughly in the area where the Panama Canal was eventually built. Included are views of Aspinwall (Colón), the northwest terminus of the railroad and western entrance of the canal; the stations along the railroad; and Panama City, the southern railroad terminus and canal entrance. | | | | Number: | 95.R.20 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Vues et photographies France, étranger | | | | Dates: | 1893-1898 | | | | Abstract: | The photograph album of 129 collodion prints features images of naval vessels, primarily French, in ports and at sea, and views of French Indochina in cities such as Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Mytho (Mỹ Tho), Cap Saint-Jacques, Vῖnh Long, Bển Lức, and Phnom Penh. | | | | Number: | 2003.R.18 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Unidentified
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Weltausstellung in Wien 1873 | | | | Dates: | 1873 | | | | Abstract: | Sixteen photographs document exhibition buildings and exhibits of the 1873 Vienna International Exhibition. The photgraphs are credited variously to György Klösz, Oscar Kramer, and Josef Löwy. | | | | Number: | 2002.R.13 | |
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