Call Number:

PH-00278

Collection Name:

John Benjamin Dancer Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

315 items

Span Dates:

mid- to late-1800s

Description:

John Benjamin Dancer (British, 1812-1887) was an optician and photographic inventor who pioneered microphotography and stereography. The collection is comprised of experimental photographs of subjects including family, landscape, and others. The images were photographed by Dancer and various others. The collection contains 315 photographs, including 60 microphotographs, 57 daguerreotypes, 65 card stereographs, 1 daguerreotype stereoscopic photograph, 46 glass stereographs, 27 ambrotypes, 12 glass negatives, 3 glass positives, 1 collodion print on opal glass, 7 calotypes, 1 woodburytype, 3 carbon prints, 3 platinum prints, 4 silver prints, 7 albumen cartes-de-visite, 2 albumen cabinet cards, 4 albumen prints, 4 photogravures, 7 silhouettes, 1 painted albumen print, ephemera, equipment, and papers. Additional Dancer material is located in the Gernsheim collection.

Access Restrictions:

Advance notice and curatorial approval are required to request 983:0084:0001-0057 and/or 983:0085:0028. To make an appointment, please contact the Curator of Photography; Collection includes light sensitive materials which must be viewed under low-level lighting.

Location(s):

Card stereographs, glass stereographs
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Dancer, J.B., Daguerreotypes Box
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Dancer, J.B., Enamels (Boxes 1-3)
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Dancer, J.B., GN 1-12 and GP 1-3
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Dancer, J.B., Ambrotypes Box (983:0085:00001-0027)
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Dancer, J.B., Family & Friends Box (opal glass, calotype, albumen, woodburytype, carbon, gelatin silver, platinum, photogravure)
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Dancer, J.B., Glass negatives and ambrotypes
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Dancer, J.B., Microphotographs, enamels, silhouettes & misc. printed material
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Dancer, J.B., Printed Materials
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See Also:

John Benjamin Dancer Collection: Related manuscript materials, from which this collection was transferred, are located in the John Benjamin Dancer Collection (MS-01052).