Cyanotypes

Content Description Photograph album produced by Felix Reifschneider, New York, New York, with "Hilltop Farm Photographs No. 2" embossed on the front cover. The album contains photographs of an unidentified location, including photographs of various buildings, interiors, farm animals, lakes, and fields. There are also photographs of unidentified men, women, and children sitting on porches and on horses or carts in front of houses, as well as engaged in various activities. The album contains several examples of...

Scope and Contents This artificial and still open collection contains photographs and stereopticon slides, primarily from the second half of the 19th century. A wide variety of photographic processes is represented including collotypes, cyanotypes, platinotypes, albumen, and gelatin prints. The photographs are both amateur and professional, snapshots and posed portraits.Many of the photographs depict domestic life and show furnished interiors and household artifacts. Others show buildings and...