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Archival Collections Portal > Avery Drawings & Archives Collections > Finding Aid: Nineteenth-Century international photographs
Nineteenth-Century international photographs,
circa 1870-1900.
Preferred Citation
Nineteenth-Century International Photographs, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library,
Columbia University.
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Summary Information
At a Glance
| Avery ID: | D&A 19th Cent. Intl Photos View CLIO record |
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| Title: | Nineteenth-Century international photographs,
circa 1870-1900.
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| Physical description: | 195 photographs (6 boxes)
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| Language(s): |
Materials are in French, Italian, and English.
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| Access: |
This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.
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| Types of Materials in the Collection: | Albumen photographic prints
and
hand-tinted albumen photographic prints
, mounted on board.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is organized alphabetically by country, then by photographer and numerically by view, where assigned,
and otherwise alphabetically by image title. Image titles are transcribed directly from the print; bracketed information
is supplied by the archivist.
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Scope and Content
This collection contains primarily landscape and cityscape views primarily taken by professional photographers at
international sites during the last quarter of the 19th century.
Photographers represented include Félix Bonfils, Kinbē Kusakabe, LaRoche Photo, Achille Mauri, Scowen& Co.,
J. Pascal Sébah, Sebah & Joaillier, and Giorgio Sommer. Only those images from Hawaii appear to have been
made by an amateur photographer.
Locations represented are Ceylon, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, and the United States (Alaska and Hawaii). All images are albumen prints, mounted on boards. All images from Japan are also hand-tinted.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.
Restrictions on Use
Columbia University is providing access to the materials
in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including,
but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited.
All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director,
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see
Columbia University Libraries' publication policy.
In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission
of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal
assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item.
Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.
Preferred Citation
Nineteenth-Century International Photographs, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library,
Columbia University.
Related Material
Russell Sturgis Photograph Collection, 1853-1903. University Archives, Dept. of Special Collections, Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
For Further InformationFor more information about using the collections and conducting research in the Department of Drawings & Archives, please see our FAQ. Return to top About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Finding aid written by Annemarie van Roessel, Archivist, Dept. of Drawings & Archives,
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in August 2007 by Annemarie van Roessel, Archivist, Dept. of
Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library.
EAD instance generated from Excel spreadsheet and MS Word document,October 15, 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
CLIO ID: 6261111 View CLIO record Return to top Index Terms
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Return to top History / Biographical Note
Historical Note
Although the collector of this group of photographs is unidentified, many American and European architects
in the 19th-century typically gathered images of important classical and "exotic" sites as souvenirs of travels and
for design inspiration. Dozens of the sites in this collection, especially those in Paris, Istanbul, Cairo, and Japan,
were particularly popular, and many of these images were issued by the photographers and their publishers in
specially marketed series. It is possible that some of these images may be related
to the collection of international photography gathered by New York architect and historian Russell Sturgis,
now held by Washington University in St. Louis.
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