The Riis family,views of the United States,Denmark

The Riis family, and views of the United States and Denmark
Title: The Riis family, and views of the United States and Denmark
Creator(s): Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914, photographer
Date Created/Published: ca. 1889-ca. 1901.
82 slides : lantern, 1 hand col. ; 9 x 11 cm.
68 photographic prints ; 31 x 23 cm. or smaller.
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color ; 17 x 22 cm.
1 negative ; 5 x 7 in.
Summary: Photographs show the Riis family at home in Ribe, Denmark; Richmond Hill; Barre, Mass.; and on holiday in Gowanda, N.Y. Views of Denmark, including Elsinore, Kronborg, and palaces in Fredriksburg and Copenhagen. U.S. industries, including brickyard in South River, N.J., Pennsylvania coal miners, and Southern mill workers. Views of Brady's Bend and Dexterville. Prints also include portraits of Riis, Theodore Roosevelt and family, American Indian pueblos, and a color view of Mulberry St. in New York City by Detroit Photographic Co. (LOT 12412, no. 71).
Notes:
This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card.
LOT title devised by Library staff.
LOT includes some prints by other photographers such as F. Gutekunst, C. Torgensen, and H.W. Wyman. 'William T. Gregg, optician' printed on most lantern slide mounts.
Some negatives have damaged emulsion or paper stuck to emulsion; a few are cracked or broken.
Incomplete set of negatives and slides are assigned to the following filing series: LC-R51 (glass negs.), LC-R52 (lantern slides), and LC-R511 (1 film neg.). Series numbers ending in X were assigned by the Library. Some prints correspond to negatives. Dates unknown for many items.
Original negative jackets, many annotated by Riis, filed under LOT number in Supplementary Archives.
Prints, negatives, and slides; Transferred from; Manuscript Division; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:123).
Gift of Dean Jacob Riis Owre, Ruth Riis Jones, Martha Riis Moore, and Oscar T. Owre, grandchildren of Riis, 1959.
Some images published in: The Making of an American / Jacob A. Riis. 1901.
Subjects:
Riis, Jacob A.--(Jacob August),--1849-1914.
Glass negatives--1880-1910.
Lantern slides--1880-1910.
Photographic prints--1880-1910.
Bookmark /2004679971/
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