Domestic Life Glass Photograph Collection
name: label: Donor
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
place: label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.)
label: Place
content: St. Paul (Minn.)
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- History -- Lectures
label: Topic
content: Floods -- 1910-1920 -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Domestic Life Glass Photograph Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Glass photonegatives and lantern slides consisting of family portraits, buildings, and historical art subjects.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The lantern slides and glass photographs include miscellaneous family photographs and portraits, photographs of buildings, and historical art subjects.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (9 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1947
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Domestic Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0292
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is organized into 10 series.

Series 1: England, 1940

Series 2: France, 1939-1943

Series 3: Germany, 1944-1947

Series 4: Greece, circa 1940s

Series 5: Italy, undated

Series 6: [New York?], undated

Series 7: Poland, 1939

Series 8: Rotterdam, undated

Series 9: Miscellaneous, 1899-1912

Series 10: Unidentified, circa 1890-1911
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Sally Johnson, intern; supervised by Alison Oswald, archibist, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides -- Lectures
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1900-1920
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Miscellaneous glass photonegatives and lantern slides, originally housed in cardboard plate boxes, some containing newspaper clipping separators with dates as late as 1961. Subjects include a flood in 1911, family photographs and portraits, and buildings, with labels indicating locations such as Chicago, St.Paul, and damage from World War II in England, France, Germany, and Greece. The lantern slides depict historical art subjects and may be academic lecture materials.