Portraits
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous oversize portrait prints
Collection — Folder OB116
Identifier: OB116
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises 6 prints of portraits of individuals from the United States. The original artwork was created between circa 1830 to 1934, while the prints were created later. Identified subjects in the portraits are as follows: composer Stephen Collins Foster (2 different paintings), Dr. Mary Angela Spink, architect Ithiel Town, entrepreneur Hugh J. McGowen, Abraham Lincoln, Robert K. Kyle (by artist Alexander Rosenfeld), and Lew Wallace.
Dates:
circa 1830-1934, undated
Moore and Johnston family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P020
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, photographic postcards, and glass plate negatives from Bertha B. Johnston, Alma Turner Moore, and Beatrice J. Johnston in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1871 to 1934 and undated, regarding the Johnston, Moore, Turner, and James families and their daily lives. There are also a few other items including: an Otis Turner's Attractions advertising sheet; an article titled "The Great Birthday Party" which includes photographs by Clyde T. Moore; and a...
Dates:
1871-1934, undated
Myrtie Barker photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP003
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Myrtie L. Barker, as well as one photograph of her mother, Mary A. Barker, ranging from circa 1910 to 1960s. Other photographs were taken during her career as a columnist for the Indianapolis News. Several photographs show Barker at a book signing for >Where is Everybody?, released in 1968.
Dates:
circa 1910-circa 1960
Norris family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P035
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Norris family in Whitely County, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to circa 1950 and undated regarding several generations of the family as well as the Hower, Carns, and Smale families, and the Norris family homes and businesses. Box 2 contains a late 19th-century photograph album with tintypes and cartes de visite of members of the Carns, Smale, and Norris families
Dates:
circa 1860-circa 1950
O. S. Pfaff portrait engraving
Collection — Folder OB240
Identifier: OB240
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a portrait engraving of Dr. O. S. Pfaff from the 19th century.
Dates:
19th century
Petty family photographs
Collection — Folder SP089
Identifier: SP089
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from the Petty family in Indianapolis, Plainfield, and North Salem, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1919 regarding members of the family, a grocery store in North Salem in 1917, and G. Harvey Petty's 8th grade class.
Dates:
circa 1860-1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Petty family photographs
Portrait engravings collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3408
Scope and Contents
This collection includes many different engraving types and styles from the early 1800s to the early 1900s and encompasses many of Indiana's historic figures. The names are listed below by folder.Folder 1: A. W. Brayton, J. A. Howard, Joseph Holman, John A. Hendricks, William Henry Harrison, Charles White, R. Winton, W. W. Woollen, John Lambert Richmond, Gilbert Hathaway, Joseph Albert Wright, Robert Owen , Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, Robert Morrison, Benjamin Harrison,...
Dates:
1822-1934
Powell A. Moore photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP142
Identifier: SP142
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from historian Powell A. Moore in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1946 and undated, regarding the cities of Gary and Hammond and other places in Lake County, as well as local industries, such as meat packing and oil refining.
Dates:
1883-1946, undated
Presidents of the United States portrait collection
Collection — Folder S3353
Identifier: S3353
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 36 nine-by-twelve-inch lithographic prints of the portraits of the Presidents of the United States made from reproductions of the steel engravings in the U.S. Archives (undated). The collection includes a "Presidential Fact Finder Wheel" that offers basic information regarding the presidents (copyright 1968) and an "Illustrated Chart of American Flags" (copyright 1963) that is approximately 35 inches x 48 inches when unfolded. All items in the collection were published...
Dates:
1963-1968
Robert G. Bradshaw, Delphi, Indiana photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP133
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white print photographs, many taken by photographer A. W. Wolever, with extensive typed descriptions from Robert G. Bradshaw on the backs. The images are from Delphi, Indiana ranging from circa 1864 to 1933, showing public buildings and spaces, businesses, churches, homes, streets, and the public square. There are also a few photographs with people, including a group portrait of the Graham brothers and a reunion of Civil War veterans from the 72nd Indiana...
Dates:
1864-1933
