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Hawaiian photograph album from the Caroline M. and George Babb letters [graphic].
BANC PIC 2000.068--ALB; BANC PIC 2000.068--ALB
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Title:
Hawaiian photograph album from the Caroline M. and George Babb lettersCreator/Contributor:
Babb, Caroline M., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Babb, George.Abstract:
Views of Hawaiian homes, general views, school children, portraits of the Babbs, other Americans or Europeans, and also Chinese
and Japanese residents. Includes a two-part panoramic cyanotype view of Diamond Head from Waikiki
Date:
ca. 1890-ca. 1925, bulk 1890-1895 (issued)Subject:
n-us-hiKamehameha Schools -- Pictorial works
Hawaiians -- Education -- Photographs
School children -- Hawaii -- Photographs
Dwellings -- Hawaii -- Photographs
Hawaii -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers unknown. Apparently compiled by Caroline Babb.
Includes albumen prints and some gelatin silver prints and cyanotypes.
Several printed leaves pasted in, including invitations and a National Guard warrant and discharge.
Manuscript captions on pages.
RESTRICTED due to FRAGILE CONDITION : Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Caroline and George Babb, a young couple from Maine, were hired to teach at the Kamehameha School for Boys in Honolulu, Hawaii,
and arrived there in Sept. 1891.
Transferred from the Caroline M. and George Babb letters (BANC MSS 2000/62 cp)
Type:
graphicCyanotypes.
Photograph albums.
Panoramic photographs-Hawaii.
Physical Description:
graphic
photoprint
1 album (ca. 136 photographic prints) : albumen and b&w ; album 26 x 31 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2000.068--ALB
BANC PIC 2000.068--ALB
Origin:
HawaiiCopyright Note:
RESTRICTED due to FRAGILE CONDITION : Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.