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Call Number:

PH-02918

Collection Name:

Bret Harte Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Allen (Photographer)

Bayley & Cramer

Fall, Thomas, 1833-1900

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 (1836 - 1902)

J. Gurney & Son

Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911 (1832 - 1911)

Sarony, Napoleon (1821 - 1896)

Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 (1832 - 1909)

Selleck, Silas, 1828-1885 (1828 - 1885)

Shew, Marston & Cuddeback

No. of Items:

14 items

Span Dates:

1865-1893, undated

Description:

The collection consists of 14 pictures (13 photographic prints and 1 halftone print), most of which are cartes-de-visite and cabinet card portraits, two of which are of author and poet Bret Harte (American, 1836-1902). Additional subjects include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Brigham Young.

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Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01472

Location(s):

Harte, B., Lit File (P1-P13; 999:0036:0124)
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See Also:

Bret Harte Collection


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