Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Division of Archives and Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Contains images of sites of significance to the history of New York State. The images are all mounted on sturdy card stock and labeled with town, date, description, and source, if appropriate. Media include: prints; lithographs; post cards; b&w sepia-toned, and hand colored photographs; and stereoscopic view cards.
- Extent:
- .5 cubic foot
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and Content:
Sixty-nine images of various locations around New York City and Brooklyn, 8 of Buffalo, 4 of Rochester, 3 each of Saratoga Springs and West Point, and the remaining 24 of New York State's cities and towns such as Albany, Lowville, Newburg, and Unadilla.
The images are all mounted on sturdy card stock and labeled with town, date, description, and source, if appropriate. Media include: prints removed from books such as Picturesque America and periodicals such as “Harper’s New Monthly;” lithographs; post cards; b&w sepia-toned, and hand colored photographs; and stereoscopic view cards.
The collection is arranged by city/town then chronologically.
- Biographical / Historical:
Images were collected by the Historical Society that were out of the Society's collecting scope. They were donated to the library in September 2000.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Visual Materials Archives; 2013; NM-3.2013.
- Processing information:
The processing, cataloging, and encoding of this collection were made possible by a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas.
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Coll. No. 449 is open for research according to the regulations of Fenimore Art Museum Library.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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607-547-1400