Frank Klepetko Michigan Mining Cyanotype Album
name: label: Creator
content: Davis, Henry
label: Creator
content: Klepetko, Frank, 1856-1925
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Michigan
topic: label: Topic
content: Iron foundries -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Iron mining -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Iron -- Michigan
label: Topic
content: Mining equipment
label: Topic
content: Ore -- Michigan
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
creator: label: Creator
content: Davis, Henry
label: Creator
content: Klepetko, Frank, 1856-1925
setName: label: See more items in
content: Frank Klepetko Michigan Mining Cyanotype Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: Album of cyanotype photographs of mills, mines and mining equipment, and the shipping of iron ore, mostly in Michigan.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The album is inscribed, "To Henry Davis from Frank Klepetko."  Klepetko was a metallurgical engineer who was an authority in copper smelting and refining.  Born in Czechoslovakia in 1856, he emigrated to Cleveland, Ohoi in 1867, and obtained his degree of Engineer of Mines at Columbia University in 1880.  Though it is unclear whether Klepetko was the photographer of the images in the album, the album was given to Henry C. Davis in 1880.   Davis had been made president of a new Conglomerate Mining Company, originally formed on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1863.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1042
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Cyanotypes
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Reports
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1, Cyanotype Album, circa 1880
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Kiley Orchard (intern), 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A digital reproduction and copy prints of the cyanotype album available in the Archives Center.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Cyanotypes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Cyanotypes -- 1880-1890
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is an album of cyanotype photographs depicting mills, mines and mining equipment, and the shipping of iron ore.  The photographs are captioned and indicate that the images were mostly taken in cities in Michigan, including Calumet, Marquette, Franklin, Sault Ste. Marie, and Hancock.  Some images of Buffalo and Cleveland are also included.  The photographs are arranged by the cities in which they were taken.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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