Western Americana card photograph file. circa 1850-circa 1970 1860-1910

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Western Americana card photograph file. circa 1850-circa 1970 1860-1910

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This collection consists of over one thousand photographs, including various formats photographs, including cabinet cards, boudoir cards, and cartes-de-visite photographs, as well as unmounted photographic prints. The collection includes the work of more than three hundred identified photographers or photographic studios, and more than three hundred and fifty unidentified photographers. The image content mainly documents places and individuals in the American West.

1032 folders (incl. 71 oversize folders); 12 linear feet

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349867

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912

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Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909

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Reinhard Maeser was the son of Karl G. Maeser, a president of Brigham Young Academy. He was born in 1855 and died in 1926. From the description of Reinhard Maeser photograph collection, 1855-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367867066 Pioneer Utah photographer. From the description of C.R. Savage diaries, 1855-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 365135505 C.R. Savage was a prominent photographer of Utah and the West. He is known for his photographs o...

Hook, W. E. (William Edward), 1833-1908

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W.E. Hook (1833-1908) was a photographer of the American West. From the description of W.E. Hook photographs, circa 1880s-1900s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 223811312 ...