Houston, Texas Photo Album
name: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
place: label: Place
content: Houston (Texas) -- 1910-1920
label: Place
content: New Orleans (La.)
label: Place
content: City Park, New Orleans (La.) -- 1910-1920
label: Place
content: Florida -- 1910-1920
label: Place
content: French Quarter (New Orleans, La.) -- 1910-1920
topic: label: Topic
content: Outdoor recreation -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Recreation, outdoor -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Seamen -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Soldiers -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans (La.) -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Circuses (performances)
label: Topic
content: Circus -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Cemeteries -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Topic
content: Cabildo, The, New Orleans (La.) -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Battleship -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- 1910-1920 -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Hotel Royal (old St. Louis Hotel), New Orleans (La.) -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Fishing -- ca. 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: French Market, New Orleans (La.) -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Horses -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Typists -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Streets -- Texas
label: Topic
content: Streets -- 1910-1920
label: Topic
content: Travel -- 1910-1920
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The album, found in the Museum vault, presumably was part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, or might have been acquired later in the late 1960s to early 1980s, by Dr. John Hoffman when he was curator of the collection.
creator: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: Houston, Texas Photo Album
abstract: label: Summary
content: The photo albums with 345 silver gelatin photoprints, some of the photos were taken in Houston, Texas.
bioghist: label: Historical
content: Nothing is known about this unbound album of photographs.  The content of the photographs themselves and the title page provide the only documentation.  The album was found incomplete and unbound, and the original cover has been discarded because it was in poor condition and was contaminating the album pages and photographs.  The "Queen" style album was manufactured by Tatum (?), patented July 13, 1909(?).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Cubic feet (1 box, 345 items)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0335
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Albums
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Album of photographs. Unarranged: original order of pages uncertain.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1991
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1910-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Albums
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Some of the 345 silver gelatin photoprints, mounted on gray paper pages in this album, apparently were taken in Houston, as the title page indicates.  However, many others were taken in New Orleans, and possibly other areas in the Gulf States.  The New Orleans pictures depict City Park, St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, above ground cemeteries, the French Quarter, the French Market, the Hotel Royal (the old St. Louis Hotel), etc.  Other subjects include informal portraits of men, two of which are identified and dated 1911; people fishing; horse drawn carriages, streetcars and automobiles in urban areas; women typing in an office; army barracks and tents, soldiers, and sailors; people in front of a Barnum & Bailey circus poster, a clown, and other circus scenes; houses; etc.  Most of the pictures, of varying sizes, seem to be amateur work, but others are more advanced or possibly professional in style and quality.