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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.

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Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English
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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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

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Administrative Information

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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Loose prints, Albums 3 and 4

    Container: Box 1

    • Description: 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
      Dates: 1900-1930s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
    • Description: Joanna Eckstein
      38 black and white photographs
      Dates: 1910s-1970s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
    • Description: Joanna Eckstein
      7 color photographs
      Dates: 1940s-1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
    • Description: 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.

      Dates: 1930s-1970s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
    • Description: Joanna Eckstein with others
      9 color photographs
      Dates: 1950s-1970
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
    • Description: Joanna Eckstein with Mark Tobey and Anne Hauberg
      1 contact sheet with 4 prints
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
    • Description: Travels
      16 black and white and color photographs
      Dates: 1930s-1970s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
    • Description: Travel and art groups.
      11 black and white photographs
      Dates: 1950s-1970s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
    • Description: Eckstein family (most identified on verso)
      30 black and white and color photographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
    • Description: Paris art Gallery (?)
      36 black and white photographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
    • Description: Social events
      21 black and white and color photographs
      Dates: 1950s-1960s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
    • Description: People (identified on verso)
      23 black and white and color photographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
    • Description: Unidentified people.
      8 black and white photographs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
    • Description: Joanna Eckstein's residence in Washington Park, Seattle.
      1 black and white photograph
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
    • Description: Album 3, including images of hunters with hunting trophies
      13 black and white and color photographs in 1 album
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
    • Description: Album 4, of a trip to Alaska
      66 black and white photographs in 1 album
      Dates: circa 1930s
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
  • Description: Album 1, of a trip to Asia, and oversize portraits
    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.

    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box:oversize 2
  • Description: Album 2
    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.

    Container: Box 3
  • Description: 5 unprinted negatives (one identified as Nathan Eckstein)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4

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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

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
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