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1. Cyanotypes
- Creator:
- Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871, photographer
- Published / Created:
- [between 1845 and 1861]
- Call Number:
- Osborn fd96
- Image Count:
- 168
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Bound presentation album by Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon containing 74 original cyanotypes of botanical, feather, and textile specimens. Images depict algae, ferns, flowers, seaweed, and other plants; feathers from birds such as the peacock, emu, partridge, and duck; and needlework. The majority of the photographs include handwritten captions reproduced by cyanotype that identify plants by their Latin name or location, feathers by the English name of the bird, groups of specimens by the type of material depicted, and other descriptors. Locations outside of Britain mentioned in captions include Ceylon, South America, and Jamaica. The album is bound in brown cloth with yellow endpapers, gilt edges, and a gilt spine title
- Description:
- Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was an English botanist and photographer. In 1825 she married John Pelly Atkins. Between 1843 and 1853 she privately published three volumes of Photographs of British Algae, considered to be the first book illustrated with photographs. She and Anne Dixon were close friends and collaborators., Anne Dixon (1799-1864) was an English botanist and photographer. She was raised by John George Children, father of Anna Atkins, and in 1837 married Henry Dixon, who became vicar of St. Andrew's church in Ferring. She and Anna Atkins were close friends and collaborators. She was the aunt of Captain Henry Dixon., Captain Henry Dixon (1824-1883) was the nephew of Henry and Anne Dixon. In addition to serving in the Madras Infantry in John Company's Army (East India Company), Dixon was an accomplished amateur photographer., Captions in Latin and English., Inscription on front free endpaper: "Captain Henry Dixon with his Aunt Henry's kind love -- Ferring Vicarage, June 21, 1861.", Title from spine of album., and Date estimated from pages watermarked "J. Whatman Turkey Mill" and dated 1845, 1851, and 1856, as well as the date of the inscription to Captain Dixon.
- Subject (Topic):
- Algae, Blueprinting, Feathers, Needlework, Plants, and Marine algae
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cyanotypes
2. Photographs of Indian children [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1900.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 56
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- Unidentified photographs of Indian children playing together, several views of houses, and one view of a horse and carriage
- Description:
- Uncaptioned photographs are pasted onto two cardboard mounts.
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America and Children playing
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Indian children [graphic].
3. Photographs of Indian life at St. Elizabeth's Mission, South Dakota [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1898.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 88
- Image Count:
- 10
- Abstract:
- Photographs of Dakota Indian camps and of St. Elizabeth Mission in South Dakota. Loose photographs depict camps and winter houses and families, their pets and livestock. There are several portraits of school children and students, perhaps at Hampton Institute. Some manuscript captions refer to ration distribution at Rock Creek sub-agency. One bears the caption "Tina [Lina?] Deloria St. Elizabeth's Mission." There are also views of the Grand River, the Winooskie River, and the Eagle's Nest Butte, The photograph album contains a series of images of the construction of a miniature tipi for a young child, snapshots of family groups, a tree burial, girls on horseback, and the "First Church of Flying-By.", Photographs attached to 10 leaves of lined paper are heavily annotated, and depict trips to Rosebud agency or the Rock Creek sub-agency for rations or meetings, with views of the camps made along the way, and There are two pamphlets concerning the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, one of which is from the Massachusetts Hampton Association. There is a single issue of "Talks and Thoughts of the Hampton Indian Students," dated December 1903. Two manuscript fragments appear to be notes on Indian history
- Description:
- Manuscript captions accompany many of the photographs. One card photograph, published by Seymour of Sioux City, Iowa, and one unmounted print of two children in cradleboards, copyright 1898 by Lee Morehouse, are present among the otherwise anonymous photographs. and With three publications concerning the Hampton Institute, ca. 1900, and two undated manuscript fragments.
- Subject (Geographic):
- South Dakota, St. Elizabeth's Mission, Wakpala, and Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)
- Subject (Name):
- Deloria, Tina. and Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, and Indian reservations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Indian life at St. Elizabeth's Mission, South Dakota [graphic].
4. [Photograph of Larry Kramer with dog by Klaus Schönwiese]
- Published / Created:
- [199-?]
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 722
- Collection Title:
- Larry Kramer papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 149 | Folder: Larry Kramer photographs [Folder 3 of ...]
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Name):
- Kramer, Larry
- Subject (Topic):
- Gay activists --United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photograph of Larry Kramer with dog by Klaus Schönwiese]
