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| This is a list that contains more than 700 descriptive entries about photo-historians from all over the globe. Each one of them has included a brief description of their interests and the relevant data to get in contact with them. Anybody can include an entry. | |
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| Unfortunately, since Jan. 1 2001, this Discussion
Group no longer exists. It was great while it lasted.
Thank you very much Richard Pearce-Moses - it was a truly important place for many! It seems like the archives of the letters sent to the list since Jan. 1993 to Dec. 2000, will still be accessible for a period of time, at least a month long is what was mentioned in the final notes posted on the list by the owner. Some plans to make a new History of Photography group seem to be taking place, news on this matter might be posted on the page (linked here) that used to provide services for subscription and access to the archive. This is a very interesting disscusion group that specifically focuses on the History of Photography. It has an average of 650 to 700 subscribers (most in/from the US, but the percentage of international subscribers is high and growing), so it is not rare that even the most improbable queries receive a fast and reliable response. The level of participation is very high and the owner of this discussion group (Richard Pearce-Moses) manages to maintain it well focussed on the subject of History of Photography (in all its manifestations and orientations) and free of "background noise". The archive of theletters of this discussion group (that can be reached at in the page referred to in this link) is an interesting source to find information on the very many subjects that have already been discussed. NEW
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University of Glasgow, UK |
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| This project, directed by Professor Larry Schaaf, is still (January 2000) under construction, and it promises to be an important source of information. It is to provide access to the contents of William Henry Fox Talbot's correspondence, and will be invaluable for any research on the history of W.H.F. Talbot, early photography in general, and for any study on the calotype process. | |
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| This is a very didactic and solid on-line History of Photography - undoubtedly a convenient source for students and researchers alike. This is a very convenient history for those that need to refresh their general photo-history knowledge, particularly in subjects and photographers related to photography as a creative media that in one way or another had to do with the Royal Photographic Society. | |
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# Prints and Photographs Reading Room Home Page
# Prints & Photographs On-line Catalog |
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| This is of course an important site for all interested in the history of photography, and not only because of the important book and photography collection they hold; many of their monographic pages and on-line exhibitions are well worth a visit. | |
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| A few interesting early photographic reference
e-books/articles can be downloaded here. (As for example Samuel D. Humphrey's
1858 "The American Handbook of the Daguerreotype".
One can also find these early photography e-texts in the archives of the Gutenberg Project. |
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| This is the page of the electronic version of the printed book "Inventario de Archivos Fotográficos de Cataluña" [Inventory of the Photographic Archives of Catalonia] published by Azimut Serveis Informàtics SL, under the direction of Carles Fernández. This inventory gives ample information of a great variety of photographic archives in private and public institutions in Catalonia. The references are organized in various indexes: alphabetic, thematic, toponymic and names (some of these are still under construction). | |
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Zarautz (Guipúzcoa), Spain |
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| This is the only museum in Spain specifically devoted to photography. Their collections, publications (the Archivos de la Fotografía magazine) and activities (they organize many exhibitions and a few courses) are still not very present on the internet, but in the near future they plan to put up a complete set of web pages. | |
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Latin American Library - Photographic Archive |
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An important resource for many subjects related
to images from and about Latin America.
"The Latin American Library, located on the fourth floor of Tulane's Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, is one of the world's foremost collections of source materials in Latin American archaeology, anthropology, history, linguistics, art, architecture, film, women's studies, economics, and many other subject areas.This page has an extensive list of the natural groups that conform the photographic collections of the Latin American Library, in each case with descriptions and provenance. Many of them have references to a set of representative digital images that are supposed to give an idea of the nature of a particular group of material; in other cases one finds links to pages with detailed item lists of the content of a given group of photographs. |
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The Royal Photographic Society is of course
one of the oldest and most prestigious photographic institutions ever (founded
in 1853). It holds one of the best art photography collections in Europe,
has an extraordinary library, and has recently included an interesting
on-line "Collection
Book" that gives a good idea of the nature and scope of their collections.
For precise information and details on their collections see the "List
of Major Collections of Works". The RPS is an active institution in
research, publications and organizes several exhibitions a year:
"The Society runs the highly acclaimed Octagon Galleries in the heart of historic Bath, England which house four changing exhibitions of photography and a museum of the history of photography drawn from the Society's internationally important Collection". |
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Rochester NY, US |
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| This museum has one of the most important
collections and library on nineteenth century photography. It was created
with the holdings of Kodak's founder and philanthropist George Eastman
(1854-1932) - and is housed in what was his original mansion.
The importance of their holdings, as well as their activities and prestigious courses developed in recent years, has made this institution one of necessary reference for all interested in the history of photography. Their telnet searchable data base of photographers is one of the largest available today and it is a specially useful tool for name reference searches. The telnet connection is at the "remote system": geh.org. Password is: GUEST2. Note that this data base is case sensitive, names must be typed in with their first letter capitalized. (For telnet connections you must have telnet.exe program installed and correctly configured). |
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| The Daguerrian Society (in Pittsburgh, PA)
is dedicated to the study and promotion of the history of the daguerreotype;
in their own words it "is an organization of individuals and institutions
sharing a common interest in the art, history and practice of the daguerreotype".
They publish a Newsletter every two months, and an extensive
Annual
that contains many studies specifically devoted to many aspects of the
history and practice of the daguerreotype process.
At their site one can find lots of information on the daguerreotype process itself, old and new related texts, as well as on-line exhibits. It is well worth visiting the "DagNews" section - an important and extensive source for period texts related to the daguerreotype. |
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| An ancient and prestigious Society that has one of the most relevant European early photographic collections, as well as the repository of a great amount of documents and photographic apparatus. They publish bulletin called Études Photographiques that includes many articles on varied subjects related to the history of photography. | |
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| "The museum traces the history of photography and displays a remarkable collection of cameras. This museum is also a very useful data base with its library, its documentation center and a collection of 50,000 photographs. The temporary thematic exhibitions are often renewed". | |
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Photography Museums and other Museums Interested in Photography |
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| An interesting collection of links to exactly
what the tittle promises; links have to do primarily with Museums in the
US, but it does include some links to museums in other parts of the globe.
Main page: http://art-support.com/ has other interesting photography contents. |
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| The Maison Européenne de la Photographie
is a modern center that depends of the "City of Paris Arts Department".
It is devoted to contemporary photographic art - "a completely new kind
of cultural establishment" with a large exhibition area and an important
library of both books and films by and about photographers. "It is designed
to make the three fundamental photographic media - exhibition prints, the
printed page, and film - easily accessible to all."
They are the editors of the (biannual) magazine La Recherche Photographique (directed by André Rouillé), an interesting magazine that "aims to promote and stimulate thinking about the history and aesthetics of photography" . |
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| A museum that holds several photographic collections specifically devoted to photographic documentation and research. At the moment it has made two of their collections accessible on internet. | |
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Museum and research center specifically devoted
to photography as a creative media; undoubtedly one of the best centers
that exist for the study of photography as an art.
"Center for Creative Photography, a museum and research center devoted to photography as an art form. Our collections are among the most accessible in the world. Founded in 1975 from the combined vision of photographer Ansel Adams and then-university-president John P. Schaefer, the Center is a unique institution offering public PrintViewing from the photography collection, research archives, changing exhibitions, educational programs, library, online publications, and a museum shop". |
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Photography Collection |
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| This prestigious humanities and social sciences
library has a large photographic collection of close to 300,000 original
prints. An important source for the study of the history of photography
itself, even when it is specialized in photographic aspects that have to
do with what is now understood as "documentary". There are close to 14,000
photography titles books associated to the collection.
Some of the collections can be accessed directly though their "on-line" CATNYP catalogue. |
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Photographic Collection |
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| The National Archives of Canada holds a significant
and large collection of twenty two million photographs "illustrating Canadian
reality, and certain aspects of the world in general."
The on-line search tool allows access to information about close to 400,000 modern and old photographs. (At the moment they only have about one hundred digital images on-line, but considering the effective cataloging and accessing system they use, it is reasonable to expect that that amount will soon grow). |
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| Fratelli Alinari has been in operation since the nineteenth century and it must be one of the oldest "surviving" commercial photographic studio. Their photographic archive and the Alinari Museum is - in its class - one of the best of Europe and has become a fundamental resource for all researchers interested in any aspect of photography that might have to do with the geographical area this studio operates in. | |
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| An extraordinary museum dedicated to what was one of the most prestigious commercial image printing establishments of the nineteenth century. Their webpages are truly informative and specially interesting. | |
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| Four flours with a permanent exhibition on the history of photographic cameras and equipment from the prephotographic times to our days. Each year three temporary exhibitions are organized "focusing on photographic equipment, its history, production, uses, users, etc." | |
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Archivo General de la Nación; Mexico DF, Mexico |
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| The important photographic archive of C.B.
Waite that is held in the Archivo General de la Nación de
México is accessible through this page (one that branches out of
Arte
e Historia : "Publicación electrónica dedicada
a la difusión del Arte, la Cultura y la Historia de México"
[An electronic publication devoted to the promotion of Art, Culture and
the History of Mexico]).
Charles B. Waite (c. 1860 - c. 1929) was a North American photographer that traveled extensively with his camera though Mexico during the first decades of the twentieth century producing a large amount of images. As the Mexican photo-historian Francisco Montellano* states, CB. Waite was ".... a tireless traveler, ... that took views of most of Mexico, of inaccessible and hidden places where he traveled by train, car, ox carts, burro, horse or, simply on foot". Waite's series of views produced as postcards are specially representative of his work. * About this photographer see: Montellano, Francisco: Charles B. Waite, la época de oro de las postales en México. México DF.: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1998; and Montellano, Francisco: C.B. Waite, Fotógrafo. Una mirada diversa sobre el México de principios del siglo XX. México DF.: Grijalbo, 1994. One can view a brief selection of Waite's work at an exhibition of postcards at the Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca (Mexico). |
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FOTOTECA; Pachuca, Hidalgo - Mexico |
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The well known "Fototeca de Pachuca"
started back in 1976 when INAH acquired the Casasola Archive. This archive
contains most of what during many years was produced by the photographic
saga started by Agustín Víctor Casasola (1874-1934) around
the beginnings of the twentieth century. During the successive years of
the Fototeca's existence it has incorporated many new photographic
archives and is presently one of the largest photographic holdings in Mexico.
The Fototeca says about their own holdings:
"The Fototeca of the INAH ... can be considered as a center of prime importance for the study of photography, since it holds representative heritage on the major photographic processes, from daguerreotypes of the 1840's to modern 35mm. polyester films.In 1992 the SINAFO (Sistema Nacional de Fototecas [Photographic Collections National System]) was created and it "is part of the Coordinación Nacional de Difusión del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. This system is orientated "towards the normalization and coordination of the activities that are generated at the photographic archives that the Instituto [INAH] officially holds in the Mexican Republic." |
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This library holds the archives of the photographer
Melitón Rodríguez (1875 - 1923).
"The Melitón Rodríguez archive contains 200,000 negatives produced during more than one hundred years of history in Antioquia, distributed in various periods of time." |
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| The page of the Comité Ejecutivo
Permanente para los Congresos de Historia de la Fotografía [Permanent
Executive Committee for the History of Photography Congresses]. It contains
the bibliography of the titles they have published and references to the
Proceedings
of the various History of Photography congresses they have organized throughout
the years.
Since June 2000, information on the "History of Photography Congresses" in Argentican can be reached from the pages of "1840 - FOTOHISTORIA - 1940" |
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New link (Jan. 2001):
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UN SITIO PARA LA HISTORIA DE LA FOTOGRAFÍA ARGENTINA Y LATINOAMERICANA |
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| Ambitious and interesting site with a large
range of contents on the subject: "PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTICLES, DOCUMENTS,
SUBJECTS, MEETINGS, BOOKS, SERVICES" etc.
This site is maintained and run by the "Biblioteca Histórico-Científica (Olivos, Argentina) and the Comité Ejecutivo Permanente para los Congresos de Historia de la Fotografía [of Argentina]" |
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| Here one can access Eugenio Courret's photographic
archive. Courret's photographic establishment was in operation in Lima,
Peru, from 1863 to 1935.
The site has a search tool that allows access to both information on the photographs and digital images. |
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| A series of pages (still under construction,
constructed and maintained by Yollanda Retter) of varied content specifically
devoted to the promotion of the study and understanding of photography
in Peru. It contains information on subjects such as: Beginnings of
photography in Peru, List of Peruvian Photographers and links to images,
Images of Peru on Postcards, Exhibitions, Bibliography.
Don't miss the "History of Latin American Photography, 1850-1950" links in the main page. |
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Directory of Daguerreotypists & Photographers, 1840s-1930s by Daniel Buck, 1999 |
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| Brief history of photography in Bolivia, followed by a comprehensive and detailed directory of photographers that have operated in Bolivia throughout photographic history. It also contains an extensive bibliography on this subject. Lots of information. | |
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From here one can access some information
on historic photographic resources related to Minas Gerais:
# Museu Histórico Abílio Barreto ("a relevant photographic archive, dated from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1940's, plus some new acquisitions" - around 6,000 photographs). |
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The Manuel Toussaint Photographic Archive at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas |
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"The Manuel Toussaint Photographic Archive of the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas has as its fundamental objective to give support to the research, teaching and promotion activities in the field of aesthetics and history of art .." "This section also includes the photographic collections donated by researchers of the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas: |
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| The Dirección de Servicios Audiovisuales of the Biblioteca Nacional of Venezuela in Caracas is the official repository of the audiovisual heritage of the country. They hold an important and large photographic collection. | |
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| The AESHP has the objective of providing
"opportunities for those involved or interested in the history of photography
to exchange news and views and share knowledge"; to "produce literature
relevant to the history of photography; organize international conferences
to promote knowledge of the subject in all its many aspects"; and to "draw
the attention to the cultural, social, and technological aspects of the
history of photography up to the present, and related to other media."
It must be noted that the inclusion of the term "European" in the name of the Society only refers to their geographic location, members are in fact from all over the globe (with a "strong representation in the United States of America.") |
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The Australian and New Zealand Photographic History Webring |
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Interesting resources included in this Webring:
Photographers of Southern Queensland: Photo-historian Marcel Safier's web pages |
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| Holds more than 650 photographic archives (old and modern), each archive has its own inventory; contains close to 800,000 original photographs. | |
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Santa Monica (California), US |
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| A well known source for the research of art
in general - their museum
has an important photographic collection. The Getty's Research Institute
has a large photographic archive that specializes in photographs of works
of art in all its manifestations (and is also a a very relevant photographic
collection in itself).
The Getty has several finding aids to their large visual holdings: Special Collections and Visual Resources Finding Aids |
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by Thomas Prasch |
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| An interesting bibliography of photographic titles that have to do with the Victorian period. This page branches out of the Victoria Research Web ("a collection of resources [at Indiana University] ... dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain). | |
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Diputació de Girona, Catalonia |
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| The name Arxiu d'imatges Emili Massanas
i Burcet refers to the Diputación's tribute to the memory
of Emili Massanas i Burcet, an important pioneer in the rescue and understanding
of old photographic archives of Girona. He put together a collection of
30,000 photographic images of Girona that date from around 1870 to 1960.
With Massana's collections, and other associated archives, the Diputación of Girona has begun a digital image bank specifically devoted to this geographic area. From these pages one can reach specific information about the photographic archives at Arxiu Municipal de Valls (Alt Camp), Arxiu Municipal de Salt (Gironès) and of the Arxiu Municipal de Vila-real (Castelló). |
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| The "Guia de fons en imatge de Girona"
[Guide of the image collections in Girona] has been published recently
(1999 - ISBN: 894-86837-79-0) and will be commented here even when it is
not a web site. It is an important Guide published by the Ajuntament
[Town
hall] de Girona (nº9 of their series Col·lecció
de Guies Urbanes [Collection of Urban Guides]). This Guide was produced
by a large team under the direction of Joan Boadas i Raset and Lluís-Esteve
Casellas i Serra.
This is a real guide to image repositories (photographs, film, etc.) in the province of Girona [in the far most north-east side of the peninsula, next to France and the Mediterranean]. A variable number of pages in the guide is devoted to each archive or collection that can be found in the province of Girona. Each one of them is described through a normalized file card where the contents and the general and specific nature of the images are fully stated. The attractive illustrations (very neatly produced) serve as practical references with which one can get a general idea of the nature of the images described. A thematic and name index (all in one) has been included. [Another photographic publication by Ajuntament de Girona can not be left unmentioned here. They also publish the Proceedings of the Jornadas Antonio Varés - a biannual symposium on Image Studies they organize. Up to five volumes have been published so far - with the tittle Girona - La imatge i la recerca històrica. Ponencias i comunicaciones [Girona - Image and History Research. Papers and Communications], (volume V -Nov. 1998 - has been published under the title: Girona - Imatge i recerca. Ponencias i comunicaciones).] The Ajuntament de Girona can very well brag about its involvement in the support of photography. |
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Centro de Estudios de Castilla-La Mancha; Ciudad Real, Spain Photographic Collection |
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A small photographic collection in the Universidad
Castilla La Mancha in which one can obtain information about:
- The Civil War [Spanish Civil War 1936 - 39] in Castilla-La Mancha (700 selected photographs from the photographic Collection in the National Library in Madrid) |
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Estampes et Photographie |
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| This institution holds a large photographic
collection of great historic relevance. Access to the collection can be
made via Telnet
connection. (One must have "TELNET.EXE" installed and configured)
The Telnet connection (scheduled connection) to the National Library in
Paris is done through: opaline02.bnf.fr . Login and password is opaline
. The institution has several pages of detailed information
on their on-line search services.
One can also access a digital selection of material belonging to this an other French institutions, thorough the Gallica server - a great "tool" that allows direct access to close to 70,000 documents (many of them photographic ). |
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Professor of Photography and Electronic Visual Media |
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| Extensive site with many texts by Rolf Sachsse
- Professor of Photography and Electronic Visual Media & Associate
Professor in the Department of Art History and Media Theory at Hochschule
für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe (Germany).
Rolf Sachsse is the author of several books, his most recent publications in English being: - The Quest for Quality in Art and Media, in: ZKM (Hg.), Media Art Perspectives, Stuttgart : edition Cantz, 1996, pp.166-173.A real must for all interested in photography in Germany. This site includes an extensive bibliography. |
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"photographs ... of Bolivia" |
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| Javier Nuñez de Arco's web pages put forward one of the largest private collections in Bolivia that contains a large variety of photographs and photographic apparatus, and it pretends to "be usefull to researchers and all those interested in art". This large collection includes several negative archives, such as the one originally created by Arturo Posnansky for the documentation of his well known 1940's studies of the archaelogical remains of Tiahuanacu (Tiwanaku, or Tihuanaco). | |
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Images from the Heritage Collections Image search |
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| A very interesting site for searching all
types of images, many photographs included, related to the visual heritage
of Tasmania. The Heritage Collections this tool provides access to, includes
material that is held in the Tasmaniana Library, the Allport
Library & Museum of Fine Arts, the W. L. Crowther Library,
and the Launceston Local Studies Library.
These collections include:
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MINISTÉRIO DA CULTURA - IPHAN; Brazil BIBLIOTECA E ARQUIVO |
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| The Museu Histórico Nacional
of Brazil holds the Arquivo Histórico that contains a total
of 50,000 visual and manuscript documents related to the history of Brazil.
The Biblioteca holds a total of 57,000 books on history, history
of art, museology, heraldic, genealogy and fashion.
The Arquivo Histórico contains close to 10,200 photographs of a very varied nature:
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