Title:

Elsa S. McGinn photograph collection

Elsa Searing McGinn photograph collection

Creator/Contributor:

McGinn, Elsa Searing., creator

Includes Alaska views (ca. 1900-1928), California views and the Panama Pacific International Expostion (1915), snapshots and postcards of travels in Mexico (1922-23 and 1940) and Europe (1924), studio portraits and snapshots of Elsa McGinn, her husband John L. McGinn, and numerous friends and associates. Album contents: v.1: snapshots of Alaska (and a few Washington D.C.), early 1900's -- v.2: professional views of Alaska and Dawson, Yukon Territory, ca. 1900 -- v.3: snapshots, postcards, and portraits of Elsa McGinn, mostly in California, ca. 1915 (including PPIE) -- v.4: Mexico 1922-1923 -- v.5: Europe, 1924 -- v.6: snapshots of Alaska, 1928 -- v.7: Mexico, 1940 -- v.8: studio portraits of Elsa McGinn -- v.9: snapshots and studio portraits of Elsa McGinn, ca. 1910-1940 -- v.10: portraits of John L. [McGinn] -- v.11: portraits of friends, ca. 1870-1930. PIC Box 1 contains miscellaneous family portraits, snapshots, and ephemera, some of which were formerly laid-in albums. PIC Box 2 contains postcards, chiefly of scenes in California and Mexico. AX Box 1 contains oversized photographs, chiefly studio portraits. Negatives are of people and groups on outings or camping trips, attending a rodeo, etc.

Date:

ca. 1870-ca. 1940, bulk 1900-1930 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ak -- n-us-ca

McGinn, Elsa Searing -- Pictorial works

Tourists -- Alaska

Alaska -- Pictorial works

Mexico -- Pictorial works

Dawson (Yukon) -- Pictorial works

Title supplied by cataloger.

Various photographers.

ALBUMS: AVAILABLE FOR USE.

BOXES AND NEGATIVES: UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. bInquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

Type:

graphic

graphic

photoprint

11 albums (ca. 1,550 photographic prints), 2 boxes (ca. 50 portraits and ca. 100 postcards) and ca. 40 glass negatives : chiefly b&w ; various sizes.

English

BANC PIC 1998.069--ALBLOCAL

Origin:

Various places

ALBUMS: AVAILABLE FOR USE.

BOXES AND NEGATIVES: UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. bInquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.