Barr, D. P. Hunter-Rose Collection.
Title:
Hunter-Rose Collection. [ca. 1850-1960s].
The Hunter-Rose Collection consists predominately of photographs of the Old West and the Southwest, ca. 1850-1960s, from "The Famous N. H. Rose Collection of Old Time Photographs." Typical subjects include Indians, frontiersmen, cowboys, outlaws, and Texas Rangers, as well as Texas governors and other statesmen. Among the individuals represented are Jesse and Frank James, Judge Roy Bean, Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, David Crockett, General George Custer, and Sam Houston and his family. There are also photographs of historical places and scenes, military forts and encampments, and towns in Texas and surrounding states, such as New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. Among the Texas towns represented are Del Rio, San Antonio, and Washington-on-the-Brazos, as well as Bandera, home of J. Marvin Hunter's Frontier Times Museum. The collection also contains photographs and manuscripts materials relating to both Hunter and Rose. Though the majority of the photographers in the collection are unidentified, identified photographers include Rose, D.P. Barr, A.A. Brack, E.A. Brininstool, Elmer Chickering, H.R. Marks, Charles L. Ritzman, Napoleon Sarony, and W.D. Smithers. The photographs taken by Rose date from the l930s. Both vintage and copy prints in a variety of formats are included in the collection. The formats range from cabinet cards, cigarette cards and cartes-de-visite, to panoramic prints. Among the photographic processes represented are albumen prints, cyanotypes, tintypes, and both nitrate and safety negatives. In addition to copy prints of daguerreotypes and other processes, there are photographic reproductions of drawings, paintings, and other works of art, some of which pre-date photography. The collection also contains postcards and original letters, as well as negatives of letters, newspaper articles, and legal, financial, and military documents.
ArchivalResource:
ca. 8,000 items (photographic prints, negatives) ; 20.5 x 104.6 cm. or smaller.
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