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SFP 65
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Title: Wayne April Portrait Photograph Collection
Date (inclusive): 1865-1958
Date (bulk): 1880-1910
Identifier/Call Number: SFP 65
Creator:
April, Wayne D.
Physical Description:
8 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize flat box
(5 Linear Feet)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: An artificial collection of over 500 late 19th - early 20th century original portrait photographs by San Francisco studios
and photographers collected by private collector Wayne April. Formats include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintype, mounted
twentieth century prints, and photo postcards.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English. Some photographs have captions in Japanese.
The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours.
All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
[Identification of item], Wayne April Portrait Photograph Collection (SFP 65), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco
Public Library.
Gift from collector Wayne April, 2008.
During processing, the entire collection was re-foldered and re-housed in acid-free folders and boxes and removed from binders.
Wayne April was a San Francisco resident 1981 - 1999. During his residency, Mr. April collected the photographs in this collection
at flea markets, antique stores and garage sales. His focus was San Francisco photographers and photo studios.
An artificial collection of over 500 late 19th - early 20th century original portrait photographs by San Francisco studios
and photographers collected by private collector Wayne April. Formats include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintype, mounted
twentieth century prints, and photo postcards. The collection was assembled over the years when Mr. April was a San Francisco
resident and the photographs were collected at local sales and junk shops. Twenty-five percent of the collection consists
of portraits of San Francisco resident Irving Murray Scott and his family during the late 19th century. The general portrait
photographs of the collection are mostly unknown subjects with the photographers and photo studios identified. The photographs
are formal studio portraits with occasional themes (children in First Communion dress, bride and groom wedding attire). The
majority of the people in the portraits are Caucasian with a few Japanese-American and Chinese-American individual, family
and group portraits. San Francisco photographers and photography studios represented include Bradley and Rulofson; Bushnell;
Elite; Godeus; Imperial Studio; New York Gallery; Priest; and Taber. Of note are San Francisco Japanese-American photography
studios including Fusaki, Moriyama, Motoyoshi, Tomikawa, and Yoshizato.
The collection is arranged following the collector's arrangment. The collection is divided into two series: 1. Irving M. Scott
Family Photographs and 2. Portrait Photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography -- Portraits.
Portrait photographs
Portrait photographs--1910-1920
Portrait photographs--1920-1930
Children -- Portraits.
Women -- Portraits.
Men -- Portraits.
Photographers -- California -- San Francisco.
Cartes des visite
Cabinet photographs
Card photographs
Group portraits
April, Wayne D.