Negative, Glass Plate

Photograph

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.005.232

Description

A glass plate negative of a rural scene of a tall corn shock in a field of corn shocks, underlain by pumpkins. The scene is taken at a low angle, and shows rows of shocks extending into the horizon, backed by a row of trees. The corn shock in the front dominates two thirds of the negative.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative, Glass Plate

Collection

Beulah Marshall Bailey Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1880 - 1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Communication Artifacts, Documentary Artifact, Photography, Photographers, Photographs, Rural America

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Size of glass plate. 6.5' x 8.5'

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Rural scene.

Related Publications

Notes

Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans & Fashion, 1840-1900. Severa, Joan. The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio. 1995. Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials. Albright, Gary. Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/4Storage_and_Handling/11StorageEnclousres.php. Care Handling, and Storage of Photographs: Information Leaflet. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Stanford University. Aug 1992. http://palimpsest.standford.edu/byauth/roosa/roosa1.html Personal communication. Joe Strubel. Gannett Center for Photography. George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. 585/271-3361.