Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ira L. Swett Cyanotype Collection
- Dates:
- 1880-ca. 1912
- Creators:
- Swett
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 4 linear inches; 2 boxes.
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Ira L. Swett Cyanotype Collection. Sherman Library and Gardens
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of primarily of photographs of various towns, communities and people in Arizona Territory, California, and Sonora, Mexico. Most of the images are of street scenes or of buildings, but there are also some photographs of piers, oil wells, and mining sites. Several of the photographs feature people in them. The cities and towns most heavily represented in the collection include Globe, Jerome, and Tombstone, Arizona, and Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Each one is labeled with a caption written at the bottom and an identification number in the upper right-hand corner. In some cases, the identification numbers are used multiple times on different photographs; these have been noted in the container list below. Additionally, some of the numbers were crossed out and replaced with a new number; only the new number appears on this list. All the photographs in the collection measure 4 x 5 inches.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated to the Sherman Library by Ira L. Swett in 1974.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Photographs - Cyanotype
- Places:
- Arizona
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1880-ca. 1912
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Sherman Library. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The Sherman Library do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
Ira L. Swett Cyanotype Collection. Sherman Library and Gardens
- Location of this collection:
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614 Dahlia Ave.Corona del Mar, CA 92625, US
- Contact:
- (949) 673-1880