S. H. Parsons photographs of St. Johns, Newfoundland
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 82-3, USNM ACC 16574
name: label: Creator
content: Parsons, S. H. (Simeon Henry), 1844-1908
label: Names
content: United States. Department of State
place: label: Place
content: Newfoundland
label: Place
content: St. John's (N.L.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Parsons, S. H. (Simeon Henry), 1844-1908
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Simeon Henry Parsons (1844-1908) was originally a cabinetmaker in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. He taught himself photography and converted the top floor of his business into a studio in 1871. He moved to St. Johns in 1875, establishing his Photographic Studio and Fine Art Emporium there. Parsons traveled extensively throughout Newfoundland and published his photographs as illustrations in books, postcards, and stamps.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Albumen prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1871-1884
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated to the United States National Museum by the State Department and the New Orleans Exposition in 1885 (accession 16574). Transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by the National Museum of American History's Division of Domestic Life, Cultural History, in 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.82-3
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by S. H. Parsons in St. Johns, Newfoundland, which were possibly exhibited at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, 1884-1885. They include views of boats passing through the Narrows (the entrance to St. Johns's harbor), Carbonear Island, Water Street after its first snow, the "Sisters" natural rock formation, and St. Brides College for Young Ladies (also known as Littledale).
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Alice Rollins Crane photograph collection, previously filed in 82-3, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 162.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Charles Roscoe Savage photographs, previously filed in 82-3, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 163.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: A reproduction of Hermann Kretzschmer's painting, "Patience," previously filed in 82-3, has been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 164.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs donated by the New Orleans Exposition can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 97.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Artifacts donated by the New Orleans Exposition can be found in the Department of Anthropology.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Rooms Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador hold photographs by Parsons.