Glass negatives, Series I.
ca. 1894-1990
Container Summary: ca. 650 items
Scope and Contents note
Subjects depicted are primarily the objects handled by the family dealership: sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts. Includes
circa 135 family images and images of the interior of the gallery in Munich.
box 1
Personal images: family
Physical Description:
17 items
Scope and Contents note
3 x 5 glass negatives.
box 2
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Ceramic and glassware, clocks, frames, jewelry, metalwork, scientific instruments, tools, sculpture, paintings. 3x5 glass
negatives.
box 3
Paintings and sculpture
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
5x7 glass plates.
box 4
Sculpture
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Animals and architectural decorations. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 5
Sculpture
Physical Description:
20 items
Scope and Contents note
Architectural decorations. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 6
Sculpture
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Images of Christ and sculptures of the Virgin Mary. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 7
Sculpture
Physical Description:
22 items
Scope and Contents note
Sculptures of the Virgin Mary. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 8
Sculpture
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Putti and reliefs. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 9
Sculpture
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Reliefs and religious narratives. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 10
Sculpture
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Religious narratives, saints and ecclesiastical figures. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 11, box 12, box 13
Sculpture
Physical Description:
63 items
Scope and Contents note
Saints and ecclesiastical figures. 5x7 glass negatives, 21 per box.
box 14
Sculpture
Physical Description:
20 items
Scope and Contents note
Saints and ecclesiastical figures and secular figures 5x7 glass negatives.
box 15
Sculpture
Physical Description:
8 items
Scope and Contents note
Secular figures. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 16
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
20 items
Scope and Contents note
Calendars, ceramics and glassware. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 17
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Ceramics and glassware. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 18
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Ceramics and glassware. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 19
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Ceramics and glassware, clocks, frames. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 20
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Furniture. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 21
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Furniture, gameboards, jewelry, lamps, candlesticks, metal objects. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 22
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
22 items
Scope and Contents note
Metal objects and miscellaneous. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 23
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
8 items
Scope and Contents note
Textiles, carpets, needlework, tools. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 24
Decorative arts
Physical Description:
26 items
Scope and Contents note
Musical and scientific instruments, textiles. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 25
Decorative arts and personal images
Physical Description:
25 items
Scope and Contents note
Ceramics and glassware, clocks, frames, furniture, metal, gallery interiors, scientific instruments, watches. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 26
Paintings and Sculpture
Physical Description:
29 items
Scope and Contents note
Altarpieces, animals, architectural decorations, images of the Virgin, reliefs, religious narratives, putti, saints and ecclesiastical
figures. 5x7 glass negatives and b/w acetate negatives and transparencies.
box 27
Personal images
Physical Description:
21 items
Scope and Contents note
Family images, and gallery interior. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32
Personal images: family
Physical Description:
97 images
Scope and Contents note
Family. 5x7 glass negatives.
box 42, box 43
Original housing for glass plate negatives
Photographs of sculpture and decorative arts, and family, Series II.
ca. 1894-1993
Physical Description:
4 box(es)
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of sculpture and decorative objects handled by the gallery. Also includes family photographs.
box 33
Sculpture
Scope and Contents note
Altarpieces, animals, architectural decorations, works by Donatello, images of Christ, sculptures of the Virgin, nativity
scenes, putti, reliefs.
box 34
Sculpture
Scope and Contents note
Religious narratives, saints and ecclesiastical figures, and secular figures.
box 35
Decorative arts
Scope and Contents note
Ceramic and glassware, clocks, decorative paintings and drawings, frames, furniture.
box 36
Decorative arts and personal images
Scope and Contents note
Ivory, jewelry, lamps, candlesticks, metal, misc., musical and scientific instruments, textiles, carpets, costumes, tools,
watches, and family photographs.
Photographs and clippings of paintings, drawings, prints, Series III.
ca. 1894-1990
Physical Description:
5 box(es)
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and printed materials documenting Northern Schools, French, and Italian artists. These images were collected by
the gallery and used for research. Arranged in alphabetical order by artist. Included in this series is a recorded interview
with Walter Laemmle, conducted by Getty Research Institute staff in May 1993.
box 38
Cranach (the Elder), Lucas
box 38
Flindt (the Younger), Paul
box 38
Master of the St. Bartholomew Altarpiece
box 39
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
box 39
Holbein (the Younger), Hans
box 40
Master of the Dortmund Altarpiece
box 40
Master of the Holy Kinship
box 41
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
box 41
Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg
box 44
Interview with Walter Laemmle,
1993 May 17
Interview with Walter Laemmle (digital version available on-site only): 1993 May 17
Container Summary: 1 sound cassette : analog ; 2 x 1 in
Scope and Contents note
Interview conducted at the Getty Research Institute by curators, Francis Terpak and Myra Orth, with Roger-F. Bettlé (Walter
Laemmle's business partner) present.