COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Albums of photographs of famous personages in the arts. Some photographs are formal head and shoulder type, others are full length. Many are of actors portrayed in the roles they played in well known plays. One volume is an alphabetical index to the photograph albums.
Dates
- [ca.1850-1870].
Creator
- Loewy, Benno, 1854-1919 (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
14 cubic feet. (14 cubic feet. 56 volumes.,)
Abstract
Albums of photographs of famous personages in the arts. Some photographs are formal head and shoulder type, others are full length. Many are of actors portrayed in the roles they played in well known plays. One volume is an alphabetical index to the photograph albums.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
There are twenty-six volumes labelled A-Z and twenty-nine volumes numbered 1-29, as well as an index volume. The index volume is alphabetical and gives the letter or number of the volume in which the photographs may be found. They are not in any particular order in the volume.
Physical Description
Photograph albums.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by B. Shepherd
- Date
- May 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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