Guide to the Larkin family photograph collection, circa 1870s-1920s C0126 Larkin family photograph

Guide to the Larkin family photograph collection, circa 1870s-1920s C0126

Larkin family photograph

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Fenwick Library, MS2FL
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
Fax Number: 703-993-8911
speccoll@gmu.edu
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FINDING AID AUTHOR

Repository

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Identification

C0126

Title

Larkin family photograph collection circa 1870s-1920s

URL:

http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/larkin.html

Quantity

0.5 Linear Feet, (2 boxes)

General Physical Description note

(2 boxes)

Creator

Larkin family

Language

English .

Abstract

This collection contains dozens of family photographs from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century, exhibiting a range of early photographic technology including albumen prints, tintypes and cyanotypes, as well as gelatin silver prints.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Larkin family photograph collection, Collection C0126, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donor unknown.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Processing and EAD markup updated by Elizabeth Beckman in October 2017.

Historical Information

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, photography was moving beyond experts and studios and becoming more widespread among non-specialists. Describing Kodak's invetion of Eastman gelatin film in 1886, Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler and Diane Vogt-O'Connor say, "This process, in combination with the dry gelatin emulsion and Kodak's complete developing and printing service, encouraged amateur photography to boom" (45). Earlier popular photographic varieties such as tintypes (images on laquered iron common in the United States in the mid-to-late 1800s) and albumen prints (created using an egg-white emulsion common in the later 1800s) were gradualy overtaken by gelatin silver prints as the main photographic medium in use by professionals and amateurs alike (Ritzenthaler and Vogt-O'Connor, 33-48). As the Victoria and Albert Museum's page on photographic processes notes, gelatin-silver prints "by 1895 had generally replaced albumen prints because they were more stable, did not turn yellow, and were simpler to produce." The cyanotype, created using the same process used to make blueprints, never quite achieved the popularity of any of these processes (see Ritzenthaler and Vogt-O'Connor, 33-34).

Scope and Content

This collection contains dozens of family photographs from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, exhibiting a range of early photographic technology including albumen prints, tintypes and cyanotypes, as well as gelatin silver prints. A few of the photographs have been hand-tinted. Several photos contain inscriptions of photo studios--including G. W. Davis and Unique--with addresses indicating that many of them were taken in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, or Richmond, VA. The photographs range from professional studio portraits to informal group pictures, which appear to have been taken in more rural locales. Several of the photos show Victorian interiors and exteriors as well as horse carriages, row-boats and railroad tracks. Few of the subjects are identified, but photo-envelopes with the collection include the names Ceyton R. Larkin, Charles Rozier Larkin, Paul S. Williams, and Mrs. J. L. Johnson.

Blueprinting
Domestic life
Photography -- Printing processes -- Albumen
Portraits
Tintypes

Bibliography

Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, and Diane O'Connor, with Helena Zinkham et al. "Photographs: Archival Care and Management." Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006.

Container List

Contents list

circa 1870s-1920s

Scope and Contents note

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Photograph envelopes and receipts from developers
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Gelatin silver print of a girl at a piano
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Mounted gelatin silver print of man and boy
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Mounted gelatin silver print of man with horse and carriage
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Mounted gelatin silver print of child with bicycle
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Mounted gelatin silver print of child
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Mounted gelatin silver print of woman and two children
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Mounted gelatin silver print of women in a field
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
Mounted gelatin silver print of a child
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
Mounted silver gelatin print of child on a horse
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Tintype of three men
circa 1870s-1880s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Tintype of a boy and a baby
circa 1870s-1880s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Tintype of a man and woman
circa 1870s-1880s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Tintype of a man in glasses
circa 1870s-1880s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
Two gelatin silver prints of a toddler
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
Two gelatin silver prints of children
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
Two gelatin silver prints of a girl and toddler
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
Three gelatin silver prints - a man on a horse and young men on a stoop
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
Gelatin silver print of a man, woman, and girl
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
Gelatin silver prints of a young man
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
Gelatin silver print of a man in a hat
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
Gelatin silver print photographs of a woman
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
Gelatin silver prints - a woman and an outdoor structure
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
Mounted prints of a young boy, possibly albumen
circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
Two silver gelatin prints of three men on a stoop
early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
Silver gelatin print of a man with a lawn mower
circa 1910-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
Albumen print of three children and article on King George of Greece's jubilee
circa 1888
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 28
Silver gelatin print of a man and woman
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
Albumen carte-de-visite of three children
circa 1888
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 30
Mounted gelatin print of a group of people
circa 1890s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
Tintype of a young man in a frame
circa 1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 32
Gelatin silver print of three women, man and a child
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
Gelatin silver print of two women
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
Gelatin silver print a man and a young child
circa 1910s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
Gelatin silver prints of women with boats
circa early 1900s-1910s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
Albumen prints of infants
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
Three mounted albumen prints of a boy and girl
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
Two gelatin silver prints of a house
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
Gelatin silver print of a man with a horse and carriage
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
Gelatin silver print of a man riding a horse
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 41
Gelatin silver print of a man sitting
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
Gelatin silver prints of a woman and child
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 43
Gelatin silver print of a man and woman laughing
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
Gelatin silver prints of a house
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
Gelatin silver print of a woman
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
Gelatin silver print of a home after snowfall
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 47
Gelatin silver print of a dining room
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
Gelatin silver print of a river, possibly Great Falls of the Potomac
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
Gelatin silver print of four young women
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 50
Gelatin silver print of a man in a suit
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 51
Gelatin silver print of railroad tracks
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 52
Gelatin silver print of a child
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 53
Gelatin silver prints of women and an infant
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 54
Three gelatin silver prints of a man
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 55
Two gelatin silver prints of three men
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 56
Gelatin silver prints of a dock with boats
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 57
Cyanotypes of outdoor scenes
circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 58
Cyanotypes of a man and woman
circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 59
Cyanotypes of men, women, and children
circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 60
Cyanotypes of women and children
circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 61
Cyanotypes of men and a woman
circa late 1800s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 62
Gelatin silver prints of buildings and a river in the snow
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 63
Gelatin silver prints of a man in a suit
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 64
Carte de visite of a young man in a uniform
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 65
Carte de visite of a young man in a uniform
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 66
Gelatin silver prints of a woman and an infant
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 67
Gelatin silver prints of children and a woman in a wheelchair
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 68
Gelatin silver portrait of a young girl
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 69
Gelatin silver print of a man in a suit
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 70
Mounted gelatin silver print of three women
circa 1910s-1920s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 71
Gelatin silver print of a group of people outside
circa early 1900s-1910s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
Report card, class photograph, and family photograph (mounted)
1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Mounted gelatin silver print of a child outdoors
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Mounted gelatin silver print of a child on a horse
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Mounted gelatin silver prints of a young child outdoors
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
Mounted print of an infant
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
Mounted prints of an infant
circa early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
Gelatin silver and albumen prints of men, women, and children
circa 1880s-early 1900s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
Albumen print of Francis Norville Larkin, photographic postcards, gelatin silver prints, hand-tinted gelatin silver prints, envelopes from photographic developers in Manassas and Charlottesville, VA
circa 1880s-1918
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 9
Cartes de visite of various Larkin family members and others, other mounted photographs
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents note
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 10
Cartes de visite, possibly a photogravure
circa 1870s-1890s
Scope and Contents note