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The Edward Larocque Tinker Collection is comprised of approximately 1,450 items including 1 box of slides, 1 over-size album covered in burlap, and 9 lantern slides. Photographs consist mainly of images of Revolutionary Mexico, New Orleans, and bullfighting. There are also many portraits of Tinker and his family. Miscellaneous items include a series on Ranch life, various photos of Latin America, sketches from books, a wax museum exhibit, and small cameo cases of family members. Also included in this collection are unaccessioned items which include 28 color matted/framed color prints, 16 gelatin silver prints, and one folder of loose 8x10 and 2 x 3 gelatin silver prints; nitrate negatives which number approximately 500.
Box 1 (958:0071:0001-0340)-- Many images of the west, both in the United States and Mexico; also included are family photos, newspaper clippings about Mrs. Tinker, and photos of a museum exhibit, “Horsemen of the Americas”.
Box 2 (958:0071:0341-0444): Tinker family photographs, pictorial record of General Pedro Eugenio Arumburu's (Provisional President of Argentina in 1959) visit, Oct.-Nov. 1959.
Box 3 (958:0071:0445-0524) -- Mostly images of the Mexican Revolution (Tinker rode with Obregon’s armies), along with some photos of the British Palace Guard, Lisbon and “Hemisfair 1968.
Box 4 (958:0071:0525-1001) -- Many images of New Orleans and Mardi Gras, including chimney sweeps and plantation houses.
Box 5 (958:0071:1002-1008) -- Mostly unidentified photos of Tinker’s family and friends.
Box 6 (958:0071:1009-1013) -- Miscellaneous photos of E.L. Tinker and others in costumes of the old west, and others.
Box 7 (958:0071:1014-1017) -- Miscellaneous photos of E.L. Tinker and others in costumes of the old west, and others.
Box 8 (958:0071:1018-1025) -- Box of cased images, five daguerreotypes, one ambrotype, and two unidentified, all studio portraits
Box 9 (958:0071:1026-1104) -- Slides of paintings and drawings of the west and Mexico; ranch life, horses, western/Spanish scenes
Box 10 (971:0003:0001-0067) -- All photos of Louisiana, mostly of New Orleans but including swampland and fishermen. Some photos of docks and boats elsewhere;
Box 11 (982:0025:0001-0079) -- Various dignitaries of the Mexican Revolution, along with photos of horses, and images of statues of horses and bulls. Also images of bullfights and some family snapshots
Box 12 (990:0002:0001-0017) -- Images of Revolutionary Mexico, along with images of bullfighting
Box 13 (990:0002:0018-0038) -- Images of bullfighting
Box 14 (990:0002:0039-0059) -- Images of bullfighting
Box 15 (997:0076:0001-0017) -- Family portraits and images of Mexico
Box 16 -- Oversize album containing 39 gelatin silver photographs and poetry depicting ranch life
Box 17 -- (958:0071:1105-XXXX) Photographs of Tinker and his travels, historical photographs of New Orleans, photographs of Tinker's exhibitions at the State Dept. and UT-Austin
Box 18 -- (958:0071:XXXX-XXXX) Photographs of bullfighting, horses and gauchos, Tinker and his travels
Lantern Slides: (990:0006:0001-0009)
Flat File: one matted b&w print, 27 color matted prints, and one folder of loose 8x10 and 2x3 prints.
Flat File: one framed color print, 8 framed b&w prints, and 7 b&w prints matted together.
28 color matted/framed color prints, 16 gelatin silver prints, and one folder of loose 8x10 and 2 x 3 gelatin silver prints.
958:0403:0001-0068 -- Unpublished cartes-de-visite style album with green spine embossed with gold, plaid covers, and a gold-tone clasp. The album contains 67 albumen prints (carte-de-visite format) and 1 tintype. The cartes-de-visite are primarily portraits of men, women, and children,. Also included are a carte of the portico of Bourges Cathedral, a carte of an unidentified large public sculpture of lions, and a reproduction of a painting of the National Line steamship "Erin" (1864-1889) with a map of the ship's cabins printed on the back.
Photograph by Alice Boughton (American, 1865-1943). Image is behind glass in a dark green leather case with gold-tone accents. The interior of the case is lined with green satin. Print information follows.
2016:0002:0001 -- Edward Larocque Tinker, first quarter of 20th century. Gelatin silver print, 20 x 14.3 cm (visible image); 25.8 x 20.3 cm (case). |
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Flat File (oversize and/or framed items)
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Flat File (oversize and/or framed items)
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Curatorial permission required (2016:0002:0001)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 18 (958:0071:0000)
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Tinker, E.L., Album (958:0403:0001-0068)
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Tinker, E.L., Album(s)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 1 (958:0071:0001-0340)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 2 (958:0071:0341-0444)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 3 (958:0071:0445-0524)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 4 (958:0071:0525-1001)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 5 (958:0071:1002-1008)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 6 (958:0071:1009-1013)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 10 (971:0003:0001-0067)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 11 (982:0025:0001-0079)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 7 (958:0071:1014-1017)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 8 (958:0071:1018-1025)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 9 (958:0071:1026-1104)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 12 (990:0002:0001-0017)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 13 (990:0002:0018-0031)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 14 (990:0002:0032-0045)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 15 (990:0002:0046-0059)
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Tinker, E.L., Box 17 (958:0071:1105- )
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Tinker, E.L., Box 16 (997:0076:0001-0017)
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Curatorial permission required Cabinet storage (Lantern slides 990:0006:0001-0009)
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Flat File (oversize and/or framed items)
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