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Photo, Print, Drawing Stereographs of Washington, D.C., from the Marian S. Carson Collection

About this Item

Title

  • Stereographs of Washington, D.C., from the Marian S. Carson Collection

Summary

  • Photographs from various publishers show views of Washington, D.C. Subjects include a gallery at the Corcoran; interiors of the U.S. Patent Office and the Supreme Court; Fourteenth Street Circle; a gun shop at the Navy Yard; a relic of the Merrimac iron clad at the Navy Yard; the War and State Department; African American students standing outside the main building of Howard University; Bartholdi Fountain with the U.S. Capitol in the background; the castle building of the Smithsonian Institution; the officers' quarters at the U.S. Soldiers' Home; and the aqueduct bridge and Beall & Shoemaker's Mill on the C&O canal.

Names

  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, photographer
  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, publisher
  • Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd), photographer
  • Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917., photographer
  • Carson, Marian S., collector
  • Keystone View Company, publisher
  • Kilburn Brothers, photographer
  • Kilburn Brothers, publisher
  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1860-c1899.

Headings

  • -  Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1900
  • -  Galleries & museums--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1900
  • -  African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1900
  • -  Washington (D.C.)--1860-1900

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1860-1900.
  • Stereographs--1860-1900.

Genre

  • Stereographs--1860-1900
  • Albumen prints--1860-1900

Notes

  • -  Photographers include D.R. Holmes (1); Kilburn Brothers (2); Kilburn Brothers (2); J.W. & J.S. Moulton (1); H.L. Roberts & Co. (1); B.L. Singley (3); T.W. Smillie (1); and G.D Wakely (1).
  • -  Publishers include W.J. Armstrong & Co. (1); W.M. Chase (1); Griffith & Griffith (1); Keystone View Company (3); and John Wallach (1).
  • -  Series include "Metropolitan and Suburban Scenery, Washington, D.C." (1).
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Some caption information appears on fronts and backs of stereographs.
  • -  Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105).
  • -  Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 18 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereograph, albumen ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13634 (S) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Carson, Marian S. Visual materials from the Marian S. Carson collection

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005677558

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Kilburn, B. W. , Publisher, Marian S Carson, Publisher Keystone View Company, Publisher Kilburn Brothers, and Marian S. Carson Collection, Kilburn, B. W, B. L Singley, T. W Smillie, and Kilburn Brothers, photographer. Stereographs of Washington, D.C., from the Marian S. Carson Collection. Washington D.C, ca. 1899. 1860. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005677558/.

APA citation style:

Kilburn, B. W., Carson, M. S., Keystone View Company, P., Kilburn Brothers, P. & Marian S. Carson Collection, Kilburn, B. W., Singley, B. L., Smillie, T. W. & Kilburn Brothers, photographer. (ca. 1899) Stereographs of Washington, D.C., from the Marian S. Carson Collection. Washington D.C, ca. 1899. 1860. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005677558/.

MLA citation style:

Kilburn, B. W. , Publisher, et al., photographers by Kilburn, B. W, et al. Stereographs of Washington, D.C., from the Marian S. Carson Collection. 1860. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005677558/>.