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Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs for an exhibition ("Photography & the City")

About this Item

Title

  • Photographs for an exhibition ("Photography & the City")

Summary

  • Photographs created and used to document and design exhibition for the Smithsonian Institution. Most images show historical overview of cities in the United States (many of Manhattan, New York, New York; and San Francisco, California; other cities include Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C.), and a few cities in Europe and in other parts of the world. Many are copy photographs of works by more than 30 photographers, most dated ca. 1850-1970; some are copies of historical prints, early postcards, travel books, stereographs, panoramas, and aerial photographs. Images show city scenes: office buildings, skyscrapers (ca. 1890-1970), houses, housing developments, bridges, highways, people, street scenes, traffic, parades; and world's expositions; featured are the works of many well-known photographers. Also includes images of exhibition model and installation; views of the interior of the Arts and Industries building; visitors touring the exhibit; typography for exhibit captions; and text for biographical sketches of photographers; a few images show Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Eames Office staff at work.

Names

  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, designer
  • Office of Charles and Ray Eames, photographer
  • Smithsonian Institution, client

Created / Published

  • 1967-1979, bulk 1967-1970.

Headings

  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--People--1960-1970
  • -  Office of Charles and Ray Eames--Exhibitions & displays--1960-1970
  • -  Smithsonian Institution--Exhibitions & displays--1960-1970
  • -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--1850-1970
  • -  San Francisco (Calif.)--1850-1970
  • -  Exhibitions--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970
  • -  Photography--1850-1970
  • -  Cities & towns--1850-1970
  • -  Cityscapes--1850-1970
  • -  City & town life--1850-1970
  • -  Houses--1850-1970
  • -  Housing developments--1850-1970
  • -  People--1850-1970
  • -  Skyscrapers--1890-1970
  • -  Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York--1890-1970
  • -  Architectural models--1960-1970

Headings

  • Aerial photographs--1850-1970.
  • Cityscape photographs--1850-1970.
  • Contact sheets--1960-1970.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1960-1970.
  • Photographic prints--1850-1970--Reproductions--1960-1970.

Genre

  • Contact sheets--1960-1970
  • Gelatin silver prints--1960-1970
  • Aerial photographs--1850-1970
  • Cityscape photographs--1850-1970
  • Photographic prints--1850-1970--Reproductions--1960-1970

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Organized into 3 LOT subdivisions.
  • -  Finding aid available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
  • -  LOT title devised; few photographs have individual captions.
  • -  Eames office inventory location: NB047, NB048, NB049, NB115, and NB116.
  • -  Corresponding negatives in series LC-E10, LC-E11, LC-E12, LC-E13, and LC-E17.
  • -  Most of these photographs are copies of photographs, many by famous photographers, in the collections of the Library of Congress, including the Arnold Genthe Collection and the Farm Security Administration Collection. Images from collections in other institutions also represented. Some photographs were taken by Charles Eames, Ray Eames, or other Eames Office staff members.
  • -  "Photography & the City: The Evolution of an Art and a Science" was on display in the Arts and Industries Building of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. from June 6, 1968 to January 1, 1969.
  • -  Some project information from Neuhart's Eames design: the work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, 1989.
  • -  Forms part of the collection known as the "Work of Charles and Ray Eames."
  • -  Gift; Ray Eames; 1989; (DLC/PP-1989:150).

Medium

  • 771 contact sheets (5,841 images) : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 44 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
  • 66 items : photomechanical print ; 8 x 11 in. + 67 p. text.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13198 (G) (F) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Work of Charles and Ray Eames (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98518459

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "The Work of Charles and Ray Eames," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/069_eame.html
  • Reproduction Number: ---
  • Call Number: LOT 13198 (G) (F) [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: ---

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Chicago citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, and Client Smithsonian Institution, Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. Photographs for an exhibition "Photography & the City". California San Francisco Manhattan New York, 1967. to 1979, Bulk to 1970. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98518459/.

APA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, D. & Smithsonian Institution, C., Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, photographer. (1967) Photographs for an exhibition "Photography & the City". California San Francisco Manhattan New York, 1967. to 1979, Bulk to 1970. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98518459/.

MLA citation style:

Office Of Charles And Ray Eames, Designer, and Client Smithsonian Institution, photographer by Office Of Charles And Ray Eames. Photographs for an exhibition "Photography & the City". to 1979, Bulk to 1970. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98518459/>.