Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Eugene L. Armbruster Photograph Collection |
|---|---|
| Dates [inclusive]: | 1894-1939 |
| Abstract: | New York photographer and local historian born in Baden-Baden, Germany; emigrated
to the United States 1882 and lived in Brooklyn, New York. Armbruster photographed
historic houses, churches, streetscapes, and buildings throughout New York City, and
some of the images he created served to illustrate pamphlets he wrote on the local
history of the area.
Prints and negatives related to New York from the Eugene L. Armbruster Photograph Collection have been digitized and are available in the Shelby White and Leon Levy Digital Library. |
| Quantity: | 36.5 Linear feet (Ca. 5,000 black and white gelatin silver prints, 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Ca 3,500 acetate negatives, 3.5 x 4.5 in. 1,400 nitrate negatives, 5 x 7 in. 517 glass negatives, 8 x 10 in. or smaller.) |
| Quantity: | 36.5 linear feet. Ca. 5,000 black and white gelatin silver prints, 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Ca 3,500 acetate negatives, 3.5 x 4.5 in. 1,400 nitrate negatives, 5 x 7 in. 517 glass negatives, 8 x 10 in. or smaller. |
| Call Phrase: | PR 81 |