Emil Hermann Photographic Negatives
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Herrmann, Emil, 1888-1968
label: Collection Creator
content: Francais, Jacques, 1923-2004
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content: Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1951, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0872, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: SERIES 3: EMIL HERRMANN PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES, 1939-1951, undated.  This series is divided into two subseries:  Subseries A: Violins and Subseries B: Bows, Labels and Checks, 1939-1951, undated

Subseries 3.1: Violins consists of large format negatives used by Emil Herrmann in creating his certificates of authenticity for violins.  The negatives are arranged alphabetically by instrument maker.  All original negative sleeves were copied and the negatives filed in the enclosures along with each copied sleeve.  Original sleeves that were empty but with written information on them were copied and noted as "empty" on the reverse side of the copy. Herrmann on occasion used opaqing on his negatives to give a better print. (Français negatives, when they exist, are filed with the corresponding certificate and material in Series 1 and Series 2.)

Subseries 3.2: Bows, Labels and Checks, 1939-1951, undated, consists of large format negatives used by Emil Herrmann in creating his certificates of authenticity for bows and for documenting violin maker labels and checks used for payment.  It also includes the photographs of those labels and checks.  The bow negatives are arranged alphabetically by instrument maker.  The check negatives and photographs are arranged chronologically.  All original negative sleeves were copied and the negatives filed in the enclosures along with each copied sleeve.  Original sleeves that were empty but with written information on them were copied and noted as "empty" on the reverse side of the copy. Herrmann on occasion used opaqing on his negatives to give a better print. (Français negatives, when they exist, are filed with the corresponding certificate and material in Series 1 and Series 2.)