Negatives, 1880s-1940
Scope and Contents
Negatives consist of film and glass plate negatives created by or depicting the Burr-Allyne family. Some negatives have been attributed to Mary Allyne, including images of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and President William McKinley’s 1901 visit to San Francisco. Film and glass plate negatives attributed to Alice Burr demonstrate some of her early portraiture work and her travel photography. Not all the negatives in this series correspond to the photographic prints found in Series 8.
Dates
- 1880s-1940
Language of Materials
Collection materials are primarily in English.
Access
Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions: original home movies are unavailable for paging and viewing. Use digitized copies, available on DVD.
Extent
20.0 boxes
System of Arrangement
Negatives are arranged into four subseries: Burr-Allyne film negatives; Mary Newell Burr Allyne film negatives; Unidentified film negatives; and Glass plate negatives. Film negatives that are unattributed or whose attribution is ambiguous are contained in the Burr-Allyne film negatives subseries. Within each subseries photographs are group thematically. Glass plate negatives are arranged thematically and by size of the glass plate.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository