Photographs and Motion Picture Films
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hirsch, Stefan, 1899-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Rogo, Elsa, 1901-1996
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content: Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 12-17, 20, FC 21-29)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870-1960s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hirsstef, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Nine of the film reels shot in Mexico have been preserved on film and digitized for research access. Duplicate film reels are also available for loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Glass plate negatives have been digitized.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal photographs consist of portraits and snapshots of Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo and include photos of friends, family, and personal travel snapshots.  Travel photos are largely unidentified but were likely taken by Elsa Rogo for professional assignments for her work as a journalist.  They include photos of political events, buildings, festivals, ceremonies, military demonstrations, bull fights, wrestlers, villagers, cityscapes, the theater, and conferences.  Some event photos depict famous individuals including Mexican President Miguel Alemán Valdés, Eleanor Roosevelt, and President John F. Kennedy.  Also found are photographs of works of art, slides, glass plate negatives, and rolls of negatives and positives.

Audiovisual material includes eleven short reels of 16 mm motion picture film, including 10 reels shot in Mexico between 1935 and 1941, and one reel shot at Bard College in 1941. Also found are five short reels of 8 mm motion picture film shot in Ogunquit, Maine and New York City in the early 1930s.