Michael L. Newton Collection--Glass Plate Negatives
Content Description
The collection consists of 110 glass plate negatives. The collection includes a large number of portrait images taken in a photo studio. They are all unidentified. Topics include infants, toddlers, and young children, boys and girls, as well as older adults. There are also images of what appear to be wedding parties and a soldier circa World War One. The images were found in the State Archives vault. The images were donated in May of 1975 and according to the negative folders, images were reproduced in June 1977. No additional provenance or correspondence is associated with the collection. The plates were scanned added to the South Dakota Digital Archives in October 2012. 2012-10-05-301 to 2012-10-12-304
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1910s
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet
- Children -- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Family Scenes -- Photographs -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Glass Plate Collections -- Manucripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wedding Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Soldier Uniforms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings