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Call Number:

PH-02738

Collection Name:

Joseph Jones Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Jones, Joseph, 1908-1999 (1908 - 1999)

No. of Items:

16 items

Span Dates:

circa 1850

Description:

The collection consists of sixteen portraits related to Joseph Jay Jones (American, 1908-1999), a former professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Item-level information follows.

994:0020:0001 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of an infant, circa 1850. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.8 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.3 x 8.1 (case);
994:0020:0002 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of two children, circa 1850. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.8 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.3 x 8.1 (case);
994:0020:0003 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a man and woman, circa 1850. Daguerreotype, 6.4 x 5.2 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.1 x 8 cm (case);
994:0020:0004 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a woman and baby, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 6.5 x 5.5 cm (2.6 x 2.2 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.2 x 8 cm (3.6 x 3.2 inches) (case);
994:0020:0005 -- Unknown photographer. Horse drawn sulky with driver, circa 1857. Ambrotype, 6.8 x 5.7 cm (2.7 x 2.2 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.2 x 8 cm (3.6 x 3.2 inches) (case);
994:0020:0006 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a woman, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 5.1 x 3.8 cm (2 x 1.5 inches) (ninth plate) (visible image); 7.3 x 6 cm (2.9 x 2.4 inches) (case);
994:0020:0007 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a woman and baby, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 6.7 x 5.3 cm (2.6 x 2.1 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.1 x 8 cm (3.6 x 3.2 inches) (case);
994:0020:0008 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a woman, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 6.5 x 5.3 cm (2.6 x 2.1 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.3 x 8.1 cm (3.7 x 3.2 inches) (case);
994:0020:0009 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a young man with a beard, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 6.5 x 5.4 cm (2.6 x 2.1 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.3 x 7.9 cm (3.7 x 3.1 inches) (case);
994:0020:0010 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a man, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 6.4 x 5.3 cm (2.5 x 2.1 inches) (sixth plate) (visible image); 9.3 x 8 cm (3.7 x 3.2 inches) (case);
994:0020:0011 -- Unknown photographer. Portrait of a man and a woman, circa 1855. Ambrotype, 6.3 x 8.8 cm (2.5 x 3.5 inches) (quarter plate) (visible image); 9.4 x 12 cm (3.7 x 4.7 inches) (case);
994:0020:0012-0016 -- Tintypes.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required 1 osb, Non-Gernsheim Daguerreotypes Box 1 (994:0020:0001-0003)
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Curatorial permission required 2 osb, Non-Gernsheim Ambrotypes (Boxes 1-2)
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Curatorial permission required 2 osb, Non-Gernsheim Tintypes (Boxes 2-3)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Unidentified child]
Date ca. 1840s-1860s
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 8.3 x 7 cm; 3 3/10 x 2 4/5 in
Accession
Number
994:0020:0001

Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Two unidentified children]
Date ca. 1840s-1860s
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 8.3 x 7 cm; 3 3/10 x 2 4/5 in
Accession
Number
994:0020:0002

Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title [Unidentified man and woman]
Date ca. 1840s-1860s
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 8.3 x 7 cm; 3 3/10 x 2 4/5 in
Accession
Number
994:0020:0002

See Also:

Joseph Jones Papers

Joseph Jones Caribbean Plays Collection