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Albertype Company viewbooks of Brooklyn

Call Number

V1986.017

Date

1903-1904, inclusive

Creator

Albertype Co (Role: Publisher)

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet in three folders.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Albertype Company viewbooks of Brooklyn was published in 1903 and 1904 and contain images of Brooklyn including parks, buildings, and monuments located throughout the borough.

Historical note

The Albertype Company was a Brooklyn-based publisher that was founded by brothers Adolph and Herman Wittemann in 1890. The publishing company, originally known as Wittemann Brothers, operated from 1890 to 1952 and produced over 25,000 prints. Albertype Company produced their own photographs, as well as reproduced photographic images produced by other companies or individual photographers. The company published postcards and viewbooks. Viewbooks, also called souvenir albums or view albums, are books that contain commercially published groups of photographs depicting a place, activity, or event.

Sources:

  1. Getty Research Institute: Art & Architecture Thesaurus. "Viewbooks." Accessed June 28, 2011. http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=viewbooks&logic=AND¬e=&english=N&prev_page=1&subjectid=300026684
  2. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. "Albertype Company Photographs, 1910-1950 (V-18A)." Accessed July 1, 2011. http://discover.hsp.org/Record/hsp.opac.v01-165628

Scope and Contents

The Albertype Company viewbook of Brooklyn published in 1904 contains images of Brooklyn including parks, buildings, and monuments located throughout the borough. Images of Prospect Park, the New York Naval Shipyard (now the Brooklyn Navy Yard), and the neighborhoods of Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights are well-represented in the viewbook. The viewbook consists of 27 pages and page size is 9.5 x 11. Its original softcover has been recovered with a hardcover, library binding and the pages are brittle and have separated from the binding. Digital versions of the images from the viewbook are available via the image database located in the library.

The 1903 viewbook contains similiar material as the 1904 edition, and includes images of bridges, Coney Island, Wallabout Market, sugar refineries, and assorted buildings throughout the borough.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproduction rights of images from the viewbook have not been evaluated. For information on securing rights to publish or reproduce, please see the Brooklyn Historical Society Reproduction Rights Policy.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Albertype Company viewbooks of Brooklyn, V1986.017, Box number, Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source and date of acquisition for this collection are unknown. The collection was formally accessioned in 1986.

Related Materials

Brooklyn Historical Society also holds other viewbooks relating to Brooklyn. Please consult library staff for more information.

Other Finding Aids

Item level description and digital versions of images of the 1904 viewbook are available for searching via the image database in the library. Please consult library staff for more information.

Collection processed by

Patricia Glowinski

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 11:19:57 +0000.
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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information note

1903 viewbook added to the collection by John Zarrillo in March 2017.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Container

Box: Prints by Accession 47 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201