Finding aid for the Red Bird, Oklahoma glass plate negatives LSC.1838
Finding aid prepared by Megan Hahn Fraser, with assistance from Michael Wartenbe, July 2009
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Title: Red Bird, Oklahoma glass plate negatives
Creator:
Red Bird Investment Company
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1838
Physical Description:
12 items
(12 glass plate negatives)
Date (inclusive): 1900-1910
Abstract: Red Bird is located in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The town was settled before 1900 by the Barber and Ruffin families. Collection
consists of a group of 12 original glass plate negatives, depicting early views of homes, businesses and townspeople in the
all black town of Red Bird, Oklahoma.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Red Bird, Oklahoma Glass Plate Negatives (Collection 1838). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2009.
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Biography/History
Red Bird is located in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The town was settled before 1900.
Scope and Content
Group of twelve 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, depicting early views of homes, businesses and townspeople in the
all black town of Red Bird, OK. Images include a grain elevator, a grocery store and a railroad station.
Online Items Available
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Black-and-white negatives.
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Red Bird.
Red Bird (Okla.).
Storefronts -- Oklahoma -- Red Bird.
Railroad stations -- Oklahoma -- Red Bird.
Farmhouses -- Oklahoma -- Red Bird.
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma - A man in overalls and two women standing on the porch of a farmhouse.: [circa 1906?]
Physical Description: 5 in x 7 in glass plate negative
Scope and Content
A man in overalls and two women standing on the porch of a farmhouse.
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma - Double exposure with two houses (or two views of the same house?) visible and two figures
posing in front.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Double exposure with two houses (or two views of the same house?) visible and two figures posing in front.
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Farmhouse in a field.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Farmhouse in a field.
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma - A farmhouse with an African American child visible on the side porch behind chicken wire.:
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Farmhouse in a field.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
A farmhouse with an African American child visible on the side porch behind chicken wire.
Farmhouse with family on porch in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Farmhouse with family on porch in Red Bird, Oklahoma. African American family posed on front porch with a dog sitting outside
of a picket fence.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
African American family posed on front porch with a dog sitting outside of a picket fence.
Grain elevator in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Grain elevator in Red Bird, Oklahoma. A grain elevator, utility pole, several small buildings, a barn and scattered pipes.:
[circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
A grain elevator, utility pole, several small buildings, a barn and scattered pipes.
Grocery store in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Grocery store in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Six African American men sitting outside of a grocery store. Signs in the windows advertise
the sale of dry goods, notions, groceries, and cigars.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Six African American men sitting outside of a grocery store. Signs in the windows advertise the sale of dry goods, notions,
groceries, and cigars.
House and stores in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
House and stores in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Double exposure showing men and women of Red Bird standing in front of a house with
a carriage. The fainter exposure shows a store with a sign advertising tobacco.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Double exposure showing men and women of Red Bird standing in front of a house with a carriage. The fainter exposure shows
a store with a sign advertising tobacco.
Railroad Station in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Railroad Station in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Automobile with man in driver's seat and four children in the back seat parked in
front of a railroad station. (1 of 2) : [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Automobile with man in driver's seat and four children in the back seat parked in front of a railroad station.
Railroad Station in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Railroad Station in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Automobile with man in driver's seat and four children in the back seat parked in
front of a railroad station. (2 of 2) : [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Automobile with man in driver's seat and four children in the back seat parked in front of a railroad station.
Stores in Red Bird, Oklahoma
[circa 1906?]
Stores in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Six men pose in front of a store front while two other figures lean out of a window in an adjacent
building. Signs on the storefronts advertise Arm & Hammer Soda; Kantrip overalls, jumpers, and pants; and smoking & chewing
tobaccos.: [circa 1906?]
Scope and Content
Six men pose in front of a store front while two other figures lean out of a window in an adjacent building. Signs on the
storefronts advertise Arm & Hammer Soda; Kantrip overalls, jumpers, and pants; and smoking & chewing tobaccos.
