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Guide to the Orrin Sage Wightman Photographs and Papers
1895-1945
PR 94
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Wightman, Orrin Sage, 1873-1965 |
| Title: |
Orrin Sage Wightman photographs and papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1895-1945 |
| Abstract: |
The collection contains photographic prints, celluloid negatives, glass negatives,
lantern slides, autochromes, glass stereographs and viewer, assorted small notebooks,
manuscript materials, and a draft of his published account of the trip to Russia.
It documents Russia and the Far East in World War I and the Russian Revolution, the
medical profession in New York City between the 1890s and 1910s, Central Park and
downtown New York scenes, and one New York family's activities and vacations during
the early part of the twentieth century
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| Quantity: |
13 Linear feet (824 lantern slides: b&w and col.; 731 photographic prints: b&w, 11 x 14 or smaller;
594 photonegatives: celluloid; 225 stereographs: glass, b&w, some sepia, some cyan;
64 Autochrome: mostly col., mostly 5 x 7 in.; 4 albums of photographic prints: b&w)
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| Location: |
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making
arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit
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| Language: |
The documents in the collection are primarily in English with some in Russian and
other languages.
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| Call Phrase: |
PR 94 |
