Joanna Eckstein photograph collection, circa 1900-1979

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Eckstein, Joanna, 1903-1983
Title
Joanna Eckstein photograph collection
Dates
circa 1900-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
847 photographic prints
Collection Number
PH0476
Summary
Photographs of Joanna Eckstein, family and friends, gallery scenes, travels, and artists, 1900-1970s
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Approximately 847 black and white and color photographs, loose and in 4 albums, of Joanna Eckstein, family and friends, gallery scenes, travels, and artists, 1900-1970s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

The photographs were relocated from the Joanna Eckstein Papers, Accession No. 2460-003, in the repository.

Related Materials

Nathan Eckstein Photograph Collection, PH Coll 749.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Loose prints, Albums 3 and 4Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
Nathan and Mina Eckstein; Schwabacher Bros. store in Walla Walla; Golden Potlatch Parade.
7 black and white photographs and 1 black and white photographic postcard
1900-1930s
1/2
Joanna Eckstein
38 black and white photographs
1910s-1970s
1/3
Joanna Eckstein
7 color photographs
1940s-1970
1/4
Joanna Eckstein with others
16 black and white and color photographs
Includes one photograph of Eckstein with Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court William Douglas, 1936.
1930s-1970s
1/5
Joanna Eckstein with others
9 color photographs
1950s-1970
1/6
Joanna Eckstein with Mark Tobey and Anne Hauberg
1 contact sheet with 4 prints
undated
1/7
Travels
16 black and white and color photographs
1930s-1970s
1/8
Travel and art groups.
11 black and white photographs
1950s-1970s
1/9
Eckstein family (most identified on verso)
30 black and white and color photographs
undated
1/10
Paris art Gallery (?)
36 black and white photographs
undated
1/11
Social events
21 black and white and color photographs
1950s-1960s
1/12
People (identified on verso)
23 black and white and color photographs
undated
1/13
Unidentified people.
8 black and white photographs
undated
1/14
Joanna Eckstein's residence in Washington Park, Seattle.
1 black and white photograph
undated
1/15
Album 3, including images of hunters with hunting trophies
13 black and white and color photographs in 1 album
undated
1/16
Album 4, of a trip to Alaska
66 black and white photographs in 1 album
circa 1930s

Album 1, of a trip to Asia, and oversize portraits, 1936Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 2

170 black and white photographs in 1 album plus 3 loose oversize photographs

Views of China (Peking, Shanghai), Indonesia, Java, Bali, Hong Kong, Japan, and image of the SteamshipTatsula Maruleaving New York harbor in 1936. Also 3 black and white oversize portraits, male portrait with [Eckstein] on verso; Edna Frank; unidentified woman.

Album 2Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3

372 black and white photographs in 1 album

Eckstein family (?) on vacation - swimming at Alki Beach; ranch in Montana (cowboy activities); Kalispell, Montana; rodeo (1940); California.

5 unprinted negatives (one identified as Nathan Eckstein), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

  • Eckstein, Joanna, 1903-1983--Photographs
  • Eckstein, Nathan, 1873-1945--Photographs

Family Names

  • Eckstein family--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photograph albums
  • Photographic prints

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)