Lawrence Robbins Water Mill Photographs
name: label: Donor
content: Ogden, Darius
label: Photographer
content: Robbins, Lawrence
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Maryland
label: Place
content: Virginia
topic: label: Topic
content: Postcards -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Mills -- Maryland
label: Topic
content: Mills -- Virginia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Darius A. Ogden to the National Museum of American History's Division of Work and Industry (then called the Division of Engineering and Industry) in 1993.
creator: label: Donor
content: Ogden, Darius
label: Photographer
content: Robbins, Lawrence
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lawrence Robbins Water Mill Photographs
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Washington, DC lawyer and amateur photographer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1917.
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0995
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Essays
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1910-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Essays
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of black-and-white photoprints of mills, taken circa 1916-1917, some captioned in shorthand; a notebook, also in shorthand; two postcards of mills; a typescript essay entitled "On the Hunting of Old Mills"; and maps, presumably used to find the mills. Of those captioned, most of the mills in the captioned photographs are in Maryland and Virginia.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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