Blue Ridge Farm aerial photograph
Scope and Contents
Blue Ridge Farm aerial photograph, 1934, a Western Albermarle County estate, inscribed "Much love from Blanche Ortman Merry Xmas 1934" totaling 0.03 cubic feet. Sepia toned photograph inscribed in black ink on the front and captioned in pencil on the verso.
Dates
- Creation: 1934
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
The Ortman family (previously Ortmann) owned Blue Ridge Farm and were a wealthy family from Chicago. Randolph Ortman (born Rudolph Ortmann) was a founder of the Farmington Hunt.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a document box BW 7.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Heartwood Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on June 24, 2016.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Blue Ridge Farm aerial photograph
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 5/11/17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States