Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smith family (Philadelphia, Pa.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 6-7, MGP 3, and Black Cabinet; 0.9 linear ft.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1845-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smitfami, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series is arranged as 3 subseries:

6.1: People, circa 1845-1919

6.2: Artwork, undated

6.3: Miscellaneous Subjects, circa 1870-1934

Although referenced as folder titles, cased photographs are stored separately. Copy prints are found within the numbered boxes and folders and the originals are filed in the "black cabinet". Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Glass plate negatives have been scanned.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs included ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, and tintypes, along with glass negatives and a small number of original prints. Although the original ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, and tintypes were not microfilmed, copy negatives and prints have been produced from the glass negatives and are filed within the collection. The majority of folders contain the original photograph in addition to a copy negative and/or copy print.