Print, Photographic

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

2011.31.3.1

2011.31.3.1

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2011.31.3.1-.23

Description

One in a series of 20 folders including photographs taken by Claire Kofsky or reproduced by her. Folder 3 is labeled "1971 Costume Museum of Germantown Historical Society, A Souvenir of Germantown, etc." The contents of this folder are generally reflected by the folder label. 2011.31.3.1-.3 Three identical black and white 8 x 10" photographs of 5226 Germantown Avenue. Three different exposure levels. 2011.31.3.4 5 x 7" black and white photograph of a Richard sketch, of Market Square facing northwest towards the present-day intersection of Germantown Avenue and West School House Lane. 2011.31.3.5 5 x 7" black and white photograph of "A Souvenir of Germantown" showing "The home of Our Dealer in Butter and Eggs." House in photograph is unknown. Circa 1913. 2011.31.3.6 5 x 7" black and white photograph of "A Souvenir of Germantown" showing St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church at Penn and King Streets, and the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church at Woodstock Street below Godfrey Avenue, circa 1913. 2011.31.3.7-.9 Three 8 x 10" black and white contact sheets showing Baugh's "A Souvenir of Germantown," 1913, each page consisting of a 36-exposure roll of 35mm film. 2011.31.3.10 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet with remainder of "Souvenir of Germantown" content consisting of eight additional exposures. Also includes series of exposures of portrait photographs of unknown people. 2011.31.3.11 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with four exposures showing the Clarkson Watson House, 5275 Germantown Avenue, as it appeared in circa 1980. The Germantown Historical Society would open its Costume Museum there, in 1971. Also includes four exposures of mannequin in parlor, wearing period costume. 2011.31.3.12 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 12 exposures of mannequins wearing period dress at the Clarkson-Watson House. 2011.31.3.13 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 12 exposures of mannequins wearing period dress at the Clarkson-Watson House. 2011.31.3.14 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 25 exposures taken at the Clarkson-Watson House. Of these, 21 are of mannequins wearing period dress. The remaining four exposures are of the house's interior, decked out for the holidays. Perhaps circa 1980. 2011.31.3.15 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 30 exposures taken at the Clarkson-Watson House. Of these, 21 are of mannequins wearing period dress. The remaining nine exposures are of the house's interior, decked out for the holidays. Perhaps circa 1980. Most of this content is included on previous contact sheet, 2011.31.3.14. Stapled to this is 2011.31.3.16, a contact sheets- torn off from another- with eight exposures of the interior of the Clarkson-Watson House, ready for the holidays, circa 1980. 2011.31.3.17 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 18 exposures take of the interiors of the Clarkson House, all decked out for the holidays, circa 1980. 2011.31.3.18 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 30 exposures of mannequins with period costumes, at the Clarkson-Watson House, circa 1980. Stapled to this is 2011.31.3.19, a torn-off section of contact sheet with seven more exposures of mannequins with period costumes. 2011.31.3.20 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 12 exposures which are apparently "themed" around the topic of flowers and plants. Includes two exposures of flyer with "101 flowering house plans anyone can grow." Exact purpose of images is unknown. 2011.31.3.21 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with photos of the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion and what appears to be houses nearby, includes 12 exposures. 2011.31.3.22 This black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet includes 25 exposures of a "hodge podge" of various Germantown subjects, including photos of One in a series of 21 folders including photographs taken by Claire Kofsky or reproduced by her. 2011.31.3.23 Black and white 8 x 10" contact sheet, with 20 exposures of various Germantown subjects, including mannequins at the Clarkson-Watson House, images of "Souvenir of Germantown," and what appears to be candids of Germantown Historical Society staff, families, etc.

Collection

Claire Kofsky Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Kofsky, Claire