Mathew B. Brady and Levin Corbin Handy Photographic Studios Collection 1843-1957 circa 1860-circa 1935

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Mathew B. Brady and Levin Corbin Handy Photographic Studios Collection 1843-1957 circa 1860-circa 1935

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Photographs, papers, and artifacts created or collected by Mathew B. Brady, Levin Corbin handy, their studios, and their family, 1843-1957. The collection includes images created by Brady during the American Civil War and documents the continual use of these images into the early twentieth century by Handy and his studio. The collection reflects the operations of the Brady and Handy studios in Washington, D.C., from the middle of the nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. It contains work by other photographers and other studios collected by Handy, as well as camera lenses and other photographic artifacts. A small group of papers document aspects of the extended Handy family history.

75 boxes (incl. 9 oversize boxes); 28.44 linear feet

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6348949

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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