Main Photograph Collection, 1850s-2005

Summary

Abstract:
The main photograph collection contains all types of photographic images, from daguerreotypes to contemporary inkjet prints from digital files. The collection also includes glass plate and cellulose acetate negatives. The images are organized into subject series. Most images relate to the people, locations, and events in Albany and other upper Hudson Valley communities. The collection also contains works by contemporary artists.
Extent:
70 boxes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Series are as follows: ALBANY, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, EARLY; ALBANY, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LATER; ALBANY, CAPITOL AND OTHER STATE BUILDINGS; ALBANY, HOTELS, TAVERNS, RESTAURANTS; ALBANY, BOATS, WHARVES, WATERFRONT; ALBANY, STREETS -- STATE STREET; ALBANY, STREETS -- BROADWAY; ALBANY, STREETS -- NORTH PEARL; ALBANY STREETS -- SOUTH PEARL; ALBANY, STREETS -- MISCELLANEOUS; ALBANY, THEATERS; ALBANY, CHURCHES -- EXTERIORS; ALBANY, CHURCHES -- INTERIORS; ALBANY, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND ORPHAN ASYLUMS; ALBANY, INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES; ALBANY, FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES; ALBANY, EVENTS, PARADES, FLOODS; ALBANY, BANKS; ALBANY, PARKS and CEMETERIES; ALBANY, PANORAMAS; ALBANY, MISCELLANEOUS; ALBANY, RESIDENCES, EARLY; ALBANY, RESIDENCES, LATER; VAN RENSSELAER HOUSES in ALBANY AND VICINITY; VAN RENSSELAER MANOR HOUSE - EXTERIOR VIEWS; ALBANY IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS, 1913-14 -- GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, WATERFRONT, STREETS, DELAWARE & HUDSON/ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL CONSTRUCTION; NEW YORK STATE, OUTSIDE OF ALBANY; OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE; ALBANY, SCHOOLS, INTERIORS; ALBANY, PHOTOGRAPHS by AUGUSTUS PRUYN; ALBANY ARMY RELIEF BAZAAR, FEBRUARY, 1864; ALBANY, RESIDENTS, PORTRAITS, A - C; ALBANY, RESIDENTS, PORTRAITS, D-O; ALBANY, RESIDENTS, PORTRAITS, P; ALBANY, RESIDENTS, PORTRAITS, Q-Z; ALBANY, RESIDENTS, GROUP PORTRAITS; PORTRAITS, MISCELLANEOUS, OUTSIDE of ALBANY; JAMES H. MANNING COLLECTION OF ALBANY PORTRAITS; ALBANY, MAYORS, PORTRAITS, 2 SETS (15 MAYORS NOT INCLUDED); ALBANY HISTORICAL PAGEANT, 1894, at HARMANUS BLEECKER HALL; HARRIET PRUYN RICE COLLECTION; HYBERTIE HAMLIN COLLECTION; RAILROADS; ALBANY, BRIDGES; ALBANY, HOSPITALS; ALBANY, CLUBS, SOCIETIES, FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS; FRESH AIR GUILD, 1890s; ALBANIANS; HURST MUSEUM -- 9-11 ELM STREET, ALBANY; NEWMAN HOUSES – STATE STREET AND OTHER LOCATIONS, ALBANY; ALBANY BICENTENNIAL, JULY 18-22, 1886; OUTSIDE ALBANY– PORTRAITS; ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Albany Institute of History & Art without any additional restrictions.

Terms of access:

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the Albany Institute of History & Art Library will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Archivist/Librarian.

Location of this collection:
125 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12210, United States
Link to repository site
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