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Call Number:

PH-00283

Collection Name:

Charles M. Woodman Photography Collection

Creator:

Swem, T. M.

Wightman, J. H.

Woodman, Charles M.

No. of Items:

146 items

Span Dates:

1850s-circa 1900

Description:

The collection consists of photographs and pieces of photographic technology taken and/or collected by Charles M. Woodman. The time period represented is circa 1850 to circa 1900. Photographers found within the collection: T. M. Swem, J. H. Wightman, and Charles M. Woodman. Included are: 3 gelatin silver negatives on glass, 1 gelatin silver print, 9 cellulose nitrate film negatives (997:0059:0078-0086), 1 exposure meter (housed with other photo equipment), 1 color type C print, 1 autographic negative with associated description written by Woodman(?), 2 photocards, 24 tintypes (982:0079:0025-0048), 1 ambrotype (997:0053:0001), 20 postcards, 77 dry plate negatives (997:0059:0001-0077), 2 daguerreotypes (982:0079:0049-0050), and four glass negatives (980:0061:0001-0004) from a Baby Wizard Camera (980:0014:0009) also in the collection.

Subjects include many formal family portraits, farm scenes, single portraits and microscope images of plant species. The postcards are primarily of the Palace at Versailles and I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt-am-Main.

Select subjects follows:

982:0079:0001 -- School photo of Brandon Aly;
982:0079:0002 -- Raton, New Mexico;
982:0079:0003 -- Unidentified woman;
982:0079:0004 -- Unidentifed young man;
982:0079:0005 -- Fort Vaux - Zum Andenken der letsten Taube;
982:0079:0006 -- Versailles, Le Petit Trianon - Maison de la Reine;
982:0079:0007 -- Versailles - Le Chateau et la Chapelle;
982:0079:0008 -- Panorama de Versailles;
982:0079:0009 -- Palais de Versailles - Le Parc - L’Orangerie;
982:0079:0010 -- Versailles, La Palais - La Galerie des Batailles;
982:0079:0011 -- Palais de Versailles - Parc du Petit Trianon - Temple de l’Amour;
982:0079:0012 -- Versailles, La Chateau - Cabinet du Conseil;
982:0079:0013 -- Versailles, La Grille d’Honneur du Palais;
982:0079:0014 -- Versailles - La Chateau (la Façade);
982:0079:0015 -- Versailles, Le Palais des Glacos;
982:0079:0016 -- Palais de Versailles - Le Parc - Fontaine de Diane;
982:0079:0017 -- Versailles - Le Chateau;
982:0079:0018 -- Versailles - Bassin d’Apollon et la Tapis vert;
982:0079:0019 -- Palais de Versailles, le Bassin de Latone, Grandes Eaux;
982:0079:0020 -- I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main;
982:0079:0021 -- I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main;
982:0079:0022 -- I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main;
982:0079:0023 -- I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main;
982:0079:0024 -- Unidentified trio of people;
997:0053:0001 -- Portrait of a woman;
997:0054:0001 -- Portrait of a man with a cane.

Access Restrictions:

Glass-based items cannot be paged to the Reading and Viewing Room without advance notice and curatorial permission. For additional information, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required glass negatives
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Woodman, C., Box (983:0079:0001-0024; 997:0059:0087)
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Daguerreotypes Box 23 (987:0079:0049-0050)
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Tintypes (not Gernsheim box) (982:0079:0025-0048)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage (nitrate negatives 997:0059:0078-0086)
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