Black-and-white photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to a broad class of photographs having images in gray tones, black, and white, and sometimes one hue (which can result from chemical processes used, including toning, or from aging).
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
7 folders, 1910s-1930s
Box — Box 26: Series 1 [Barcode: X004962787]
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates:
1910s-1930s
African American Freemason lodge photographs
Collection — Folder BW 45, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16711
Content Description
Collection of eight black and white photographs. All are group portraits of members of African American fraternal lodges in Virginia. The images bare the stamps of several different photographers -- from Richmond, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach. Several images show handwritten annotations on the back -- one lodge is identified as Progressive Lodge #80 in Norfolk, another as King David Lodge #28 in Richmond (this photo is signed by 13 members of the lodge on the back), another as Willow...
Dates:
circa 1950s
Collection of photographs of African American Women in Chicago
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16797
Content Description
This collection contains thirty-one photographs of young Black women in Chicago in 1940s-1950s.The photographs document the youth of a young woman named Bea and several of her friends Nedra, Vera, and others. Included are class photographs from Forestville Elementary School and Lucy Flower Technical High School. Flower Tech was an integrated school for girls. There are photographs of their prom, jazz clubs, and the girls out on dates, celebrating, and having fun. The jazz club...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1942-1954
[Rheuben Allen] photograph album, 1st Balloon Squadron, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669421]
Identifier: MSS 16220
Scope and Contents
Photograph album of [Rheuben Allen] who could be from the Comanche tribe or African American], consists of approximately 120 black and white photographs taken in and around Fort Sill, Oklahoma where [Allan] was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Balloon Squadron.The album is covered in patterned black cloth and stamped "1st Balloon Squadron, Fort Sill, Oklahoma" in gold on the front cover.There are also some photographs at the end of the album of bases in New Mexico,...
Dates:
1935-1943
American Rhododendron Society records-addition 3
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0131
Dates:
C. 1921-2017
Ben Boblett Inkjet Prints of Pat Oliphant and Tom Oliphant
Unprocessed Material — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box S 5, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1/1
Identifier: ViU-2022-0129
Dates:
c.1986
Benjamin Boblett Photographs of John Jackson
Collection — Oversize_folder(within_an_osbox) 1
Identifier: MSS 16873
Content Description
This collection contains three black and white photographs of musician John Jackson taken by physician and photographer Benjamin Boblett. John Jackson (1924–2002) was an American Piedmont Blues Musician. Jackson played an important role in highlighting the Appalachian musical traditions. The photographs are annotated...
Dates:
1975 - 1976; circa 1983
George Buckston Browne collection on Down House
Collection — Box BW 33, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 16562
Dates:
1929 - 1939
Charlottesville Department of Neighborhood Development Services historic documentation
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2020-0033
Dates:
2010 - 2012
Clifford Dowdey papers--addition 15 [MSS 3809-o]
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2019-0142
Dates:
1903 - 1979
Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16419
Scope and Contents Note
The Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers (circa 1870-1926; 0.05 cubic feet) document Coleman's studies and travels to Richmond, VA and Charleston, SC. Collection materials include eleven letters Coleman wrote from Hanover Academy, VA to his mother Mary. Among other topics, Coleman discusses his friend Richard Henry Jesse (1853-1921), who briefly attended the University of Virginia. Collection materials also include two photographs, one of which depicts Coleman's son Lewis III among other University...
Dates:
circa 1870-1926
Colleton estate photographs
Collection — Box BW 20, Folder: 1 [X031688129]
Identifier: MSS 16440
Scope and Contents Note
The Colleton estate photographs (circa 1890s-1910; 0.04 cubic foot) document the appearance of Colleton, a Cabell family estate in Nelson County. Materials include ten mounted photographs of the Colleton house and one photograph of the nearby James River. Colleton photograph subjects include rooms like the ballroom and library, along with a childhood portrait of Evelyn Byrd Robinson on the building's porch.The collection also contains a copy of Robinson's will, where she divides...
Dates:
circa 1890s-1910
Joyce Crary show horse photo album
Item — Ledger 1
Identifier: MSS 16300
Content Description
The Joyce Crary show horse photo album (1940s; 0.2 cubic feet) contains photographs labeled by hand in white ink. 10 x 13 with 35 leaves containing around 120 black and white photographs, and a few pieces of ephemera, inserted into corner mounts. Photographs feature Joyce Crary, her family, and her friends and horses at the family ranch near Chico, California. Horses and riders are shown jumping, racing, and performing trick riding of various types. One image is of Joyce, her father, and a...
Dates:
1940s
Clinton K. Curtis photograph albums
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16404
Content Description
The Clinton K. Curtis photograph albums (1880s; 0.5 cubic feet) contain 76 photographs (albumen prints, most mounted, some hand-colored, probably commercially produced and sold) of views and people in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Burma, collected by U.S. Navy officer Clinton K. Curtis.
Dates:
1880s
George C. Davis studio photograph
Collection — Flat_box Archival Oversized Box S 4, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1
Identifier: MSS 16642
Content Description
This collection contains a single black and white photograph of a street with a Liberty Loan mural in Roanoke, Virginia from the George C. Davis studio.
Dates:
ca. 1941-1945
Farm life photograph album
Item — Ledger 1: [Barcode: X031778607]
Identifier: MSS 16301
Scope and Contents
The Farm Life photograph album (1910s; 0.2 cubic feet) depicts many children and family members with farm animals, mostly horses, but cats, dogs, chickens, and one elephant also appear in the images.One image depicts a horse wearing a covering labeled "Tom Mix's Tony". This is presumably Tony the Wonder Horse, the famous film companion of silent-film western star Tom Mix. Another image contains a street sign suggesting that this farm may have been located on or near...
Dates:
1910s
Frances Parkinson Keyes family papers
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2017-0187
Dates:
1851-1998
Frederick Pilcher Jr. scrapbook
Unprocessed Material — Flat_box 1: [Barcode: X006178635]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0097
Dates:
C.1923-1932