Henry Adams photographs, 1866-ca. 1900.

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Henry Adams photographs, 1866-ca. 1900.

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Photographs taken or purchased by Henry Adams that document his travels to England, Egypt, Tahiti, Japan, Fiji, and Wyoming from 1870-1894. The subjects of these photographs include landscape views of Tahiti, Japan, and Wyoming; Fijian natives; Japanese and Egyptian antiquities; and various places in England. Also featured in the photographs are Henry Adams and his travel companions, including John La Farge and John Hay. One album and one box of loose photographs also contain portraits probably taken by Henry Adams; subjects include various friends and members of the Hooper and Adams families, as well as Henry Adams himself. There is also one album belonging to Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams that contains commercial photographs of France, England, Scotland, and Switzerland. Includes photographs taken by Henry Adams, Joseph Paxson Iddings, J. Pascal Sebah, Antonio Beato, Dufty Bros. (Levuka, Fiji), and F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji). All of the images are paper-based photographs.

421 photographs in 6 narrow boxes, 1 oversize box, and 5 v. in cases.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...

Hooper family

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Beato, Antonio, -1903?

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Italian photographer, who professionally went by Antoine Beato, best known for his photographs of the monuments and architecture of Egypt. From the description of Antoine Beato Collection. [1860s-1880s]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122452886 ...

Adams family

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Dufty, Francis Herbert,

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Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

La Farge, John, 1835-1910

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John LaFarge (1835-1910) was president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316806 John La Farge (1835-1910) was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and stained glass artisan. In 1904 he was serving as president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Iddings, Joseph Paxson, 1857-1920

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Joseph Paxson Iddings (1857-1920) was a petrologist who specialized in igneous rocks. He worked for the United States Geological Survey (1880-1892), was associate professor of petrology at the University of Chicago (1892-1908), and was a scientific traveler and writer (1908-1920). Iddings spent seven field seasons, 1883-1890, exploring and mapping the geology of Yellowstone National Park. From the description of Papers, 1864-1933. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). Wo...

Sebah, Jean Pascal 1838-1910

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Pascal Sébah opened his Constantinople (Istanbul) photography studio, which he later named El Chark, in 1857. It became one of the most successful studios in the city. He subsequently established a studio in Cairo in 1873. When Sébah suffered a brain hemorrage in 1883, his brother Cosmi, already a photographer with his own business, and Sébah's sixteen year-old son, Jean, took over the firm. Jean went into partnership with Policarpe Joaillier in 1888, under the name Sébah and Joailler, while...