Herbert W. Carleton Motion Picture Stills Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Carleton, Herbert W., d. 1992
label: Creator
content: Carleton, Herbert Oswald
label: Names
content: Barrymore, Ethel (actress)
label: Names
content: Bushman, Francis X. (actor)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Cinematographers
label: Topic
content: Silent films -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Motion pictures -- History -- Photographs -- 1910-1920
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Apparently these stills from H. O. Carleton's films were passed on to Herbert W. Carleton at the former's death. They were donated to the Archives Center by Herbert W. Carleton on October 9, 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carleton, Herbert W., d. 1992
label: Creator
content: Carleton, Herbert Oswald
setName: label: See more items in
content: Herbert W. Carleton Motion Picture Stills Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: A collection of motion picture publicity stills collected by Herbert O. Carleton (1887-1962), cameraman during the Silent Era of filmmaking.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Herbert Oswald Carleton was born in Rochester, N.Y.  In his early life he worked as a mechanic and small time inventor, then worked as a motion picture projectionist before getting involved in camera work.  Not a cinematographer in the modern sense, Carleton worked primarily with one director and shot only what the director asked for.  The height of his output was 1915, when he photographed a number of Francis X. Bushman films.  His career tapered off quickly after the release of Birth of a Race, the most expensive, but poorly made film of the silent period.  Carleton later turned up doing short films and feature length documentaries in the 30's, before disappearing from the film scene.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1919
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0465
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film stills
label: Type
content: Motion picture stills
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged chronologically and by title.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1997. Compiled by Julie Buck, 1995 and preliminary attributions by Laura Murray, 1993.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Film stills
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion picture stills
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1910-1920
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Carleton Collection is a series of 461 feature film still photographs taken during the years 1912-1919.  The stills are arranged alphabetically according to film titles.  Most of the stills are in excellent condition, although some are torn or cracked at the edges.  Only two of the films (The Awakening of Helena Richie and Birth of a Race) from which the stills were taken appear to exist.  The stills are probably most notable for the wide array of early screen and stage actors from the period, including Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, and a very young Frank Morgan.