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Robertson, A. M. (Alexander Mitchell) [Photographs from the A.M. Robertson collection].
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Title:

[Photographs from the A.M. Robertson collection]

Creator/Contributor:

Robertson, A. M. (Alexander Mitchell), 1855-1934, creator, creator.

Abstract:

Photographs pertaining to A.M. Robertson and his fellow bookseller and publisher Paul Elder. Includes portraits of Robertson and Elder, views of Elder's bookstore and library, bookplates of Robertson, and images of title pages of various publications (Personal Impressions, Types: Borders and Miscellany of Taylor & Taylor, The Ideal Book, Lines to the Devil, Impressions of Ukiyo-ye and Yosemite: An Ode).

Date:

1900 (issued)

Subject:

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Robertson, A. M. (Alexander Mitchell) -- 1855-1934 -- Portraits
Elder, Paul -- 1872-1948
Booksellers and bookselling -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Publishers and publishing -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Title pages -- Photographs

Note:

Copy negatives; all but 2 are duplicated by the slides.
Also includes one copy print, filed with slides.
Title devised by cataloger.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.
Photographs from the A.M. Robertson collection, BANC PIC 2009.073, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase ; 2008.
A.M. Robertson and Paul Elder were prominent publishers and booksellers in San Francisco.
Transferred from the A.M. Robertson collection (BANC MSS 2002/203c).

Type:

graphic
Portraits.
Slides, color.

Physical Description:

photonegative
slide
21 photographs in 1 folder and 11 sleeves : film negatives and color transparencies ; negatives 13 x 11 cm or smaller, transparencies 35mm (slide format)

Language:

English

Identifier:

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Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.

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A.M. Robertson collection : Robertson, A. M. (Alexander Mitchell), : 1855-1934
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