Costume and Textile photograph collection

Costume and Textile photograph collection, 19th-20th century

Overview of the Collection

Title: Costume and Textile photograph collection
Dates: 19th-20th century (inclusive)
18001980
Quantity: 1361 photographic prints (10 boxes)
approximately 1036 glass negatives (37 boxes)
approximately 1208 lantern slides (15 boxes)
40 negatives
Collection Number: PH0177
Summary: Photographs of ethnic clothing, costume and textiles from ancient times to the 20th century
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.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs, postcards, lantern slides, and negatives covering ethnic clothing, costume and textiles from ancient times to the 20th century, including images depicting examples of lace, embroidery, tapestry and weaving.

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.

Preferred Citation

The required credit line for use of images from Special Collections is: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [plus the negative number].

The negative number is provided with the image and is a letter + number combination such as UW13452; Hegg 1234; or NA1275. A typical credit line would be, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW13452.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

BOX CONTENTS:

SERIES 1:
Box 1: Nos. 3000 - 5300.7
Box 2: Nos. 5310.1 - 5830.90
Box 3: Nos. 5830.90 - 5830.95.40
Box 4: Nos. 5860.1 - 6710.37
Box 5: Nos. 6760.1 - 6950.35
Box 6: Nos. 6960.1 - 7960.29
Box 7: Nos. 7960.39 - 9380.2
Box 8: Assyrian to 15th century European
Box 9: 16th century European to Misc.

POSTCARDS
Africa 8200 (General 8200.1 - .8; Bantu Tribe 8202.1 - .5; East Africa 8320; Watusi Tribe 8322.1 - .2; Equatorial Africa 8630.1; Xhosa Tribe 8202.2.1 - .3; Zulu Tribe 8202.3.1 - .12)
Algeria 8240.1 - .2
Arab 7520.1
Australia 8960.1 - .2
Austria 6490 (General 6490.1 - .11; Upper 6490.9.1 - .10; Burgenland 6490.1.1 - .3; Carinthia 6490.3.1 - .4; Salzburg 6490.5.1 - .11; Tirol 6490.7.1 - .10)
Bali 8117.1 - .7
Basuto (Lesotho) 8580.1 - .2
Belgium 6010.1 - .6 (Brussels 6012.1 - .3)
Borneo 8100.1 - .2
Brazil 5400.1
Burma 7720.1 - .8
Cameroon 8730.1 - .4
Central America 4800.1
Ceylon 7750.1 - .25
Chile 5330.1
China 7820.1 - .26
Columbia 5290.1 - .4
Costa Rica 5860.1
Cyprus 7450.1
Czechoslovakia 6510 (Bohemia 6510.3.1; Moravia 6510.5.1; Slovakia 6510.7.1)
Denmark 6920.1 - .22
Ecuador 5300.1 - .27
Egypt 8300.1 -.20
Ethiopia 8330.1 - .2
Fiji 9380.1 - .2
Finland 6960.1 - .6: Lapland 6912. 1 - .4
France 5830.1 - .140 (Alsace-Lorrain 5830.1.1 - .3; Anjou 5830.15.1 - .2; Auvergne 5830.2.1. - .4; Basque 5830.3.1. - .7; Breton 5830.4.1 - .54; Brittany 5830.5.1. - .43; Bourgogne 5830.6.1 - .11; Brest 5830.7.1; Champagne 5830.8.1; Lyon 5830.9.1 - .7; Normandy 5830.95.1 - .40)
Germany 6080.1 - .21 (Black Forest 6080.1.1 - .9)
Great Britain 5750.1 - .58
Greece 6810.1 - .38
Guatamala 4810.1 - .30 (Chichicastenango 4810.1.1 - .12; Palin 4810.2.1 - .2; Patzun 4810.3.1; Quezaltenango 4810.4.1; San Juan Sacatepequez 4810.5.1 - .4; Santiago Atitlan 4810.6.1 - .5; Solola 4810.7.1; Sumpango 4810.8.1)
Hong Kong 7940.1
Iceland 6930.1
India 7650.1 - .42 (Gujarat 7650.3.1; Kashmir 7650.5.1 - .2; Rajasthan 7650.7.1 - .4)
Indonesia 8070.1 - .3 (Java 8090.1 - .5)
Iran 7621.1 - .9
Ireland 5780.1 - .4
Italy 6710.1 - .37 (Sardinia 6770.1 - .7; Sicily 6760.1 - .4)
Japan 7960.1 - .55
Kenya 8410.1 - .5
Mali 8800.1 (Mauritania 8820.1)
Mexico 4410.1 - .27 (Chiapas 4410.1.1 - .5; Michocan 4410.3.1; Mixteca-Puebla 4410.4.1; Oaxaca 4410.5.1 - .30; Veracruz 4410.6.1; Xochimilgo 4410.7.1; Yucateco 4410.8.1; Zincantan (Chiapas) 4410.2.1 - .10)
Middle East 7420.1 - .11
Morocco 8230.1 - .17
Native American 3300.1 - .14
Nepal 7760.1 - .4
Netherlands 6000.1 - .28
New Guinea 8140.1 - .3
New Zealnd 9080.1 - .9
Nicaragua 4850.1
Norway 6940.1 - .22
Pakistan 7640.1 - .5 (Bangladesh 7645.1 - .2)
Panama 4870.1 - .10 (San Blas Islands 4870.1.1 - .6)
Peru 5310.1 - .28
Philippines 8060.1 - .4
Poland 6520.1 - .7
Portugal 6690.1 - .11
Romania 6880.1 - .7
Russia 7000.1 - .2
Scotland 5770.1 - .19
Singapore 8040.1 - .2
South Africa 8500.1 - .14 (Transkei 8500.1 .1)
South Pacific 9250.1
Spain 6560.1 - .6
Sumatra 8080.1 - .2
Surinam (Dutch Guinea) 5260.1
Swaziland 8590.1 - .3
Sweden 6950.1 - .35
Switzerland 6040.1 - .39
Taiwan 7910.1
Thailand 8025.1 - .6
Tibet 7890.1 - .6
Tunisia 8250.1 - .2
Turkey 7430.1 - .4
Uganda 8420.1 - .3
Ukaraine 7100.1
United States 3690.1 - .22
West Indies 4900.1 - .3
Yugoslavia 6840.1 (Bosnia Hercegovina 6840.1.1 - .3; Croatia 6840.2.1 - .19; Dalmatia 6840.3.1 - .8; Macedonia 6840.4.1 - .2; Montenegro 6840.5.1 - .3; Serbia 6840.6.1 - .5; Slovenia 6840.7.1 - .5; South Slav 6840.8.1 - .6)
Zaire 8650.1 - .13

Assyrian
Egyptian
Greek
Roman
European - B.C.
1st - 10th century
11th century
12th century European
13th century European
14th century European
15th century European
16th century European
17th century European
18th century European
19th century European
20th century European

SERIES 2:
GLASS NEGATIVES/PHOTOS(Boxes 1-37)
Photographs correspond by number to the glass negatives.
A: Primitive
B: Assyria, Persia, Crete, Greece, Rome
C: Roman, Coptic (3rd century A.D.-) 1st - 12th century European
D: 13th - 15th century European
E: 16th - early 17th century (1620) European
F: Early 17th century (1620) - early 18th century (circa 1740) European
G: Mid 18th century (1740) - 1799 European
K: 1799 - 1854 European
L: 1854 - 1915 European, American
M: 1915 - century 1923 European, American
H: Ethnic/peasant costume (World)
I: Lace
J: Architectural interiors and exteriors, embroidery

SERIES 3:
LANTERN SLIDES(BOXES 1-15)
The lantern slides and glass negatives generally fall into the following alpha/numerical categories, although don't necessarily match each other.
A: Primitive
B: Assyria, Persia, Crete, Greece, Rome
C: Roman, Coptic (3rd century A.D.-) 1st - 12th century European
D: 13th - 15th century European
E: 16th - early 17th century (1620) European
F: Early 17th century (1620) - early 18th century (circa 1740) European
G: Mid 18th century (1740) - 1799 European
K: 1799 - 1854 European
L: 1854 - 1915 European, American
M: 1915 - century 1923 European, American
H: Ethnic/peasant costume (World)
I: Lace
J: Architectural interiors and exteriors, embroidery

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