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Anderson family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS42

Scope and Content

The Anderson family photographs consist of albumen prints, a cabinet card, photographic postcards, and individual and group portrait prints in studio settings and exterior snapshots around the Atlanta, Georgia area. Most of the images are unidentified men, women, and children. Identified individuals include a cabinet card of Jessie M. Anderson, a postcard image of George Ballard, and portrait prints of Alberta Adams, Alberta Anderson, and Ella Mae Matthews. Of interest is a photograph of a 1923-1924 class at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, and images by African American photographers, Paul Poole and Andrew T. Kelly.

Dates

  • approximately 1920-1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Administrative/Biographical History

Biographical information about the Anderson family has not been determined.

Extent

56 photographic print(s) (3 albumen prints, 1 cabinet card, 1 photographic postcard, 51 portrait prints)

Language

English

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged according to titles supplied by staff.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, 1990

Description Control

This collection was re-processed in 2016.

Title
Anderson family photographs
Author
Felicia Render
Date
January 2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

Contact:
130 West Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta GA 30305
404-814-4040