DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title
Guide to the Art Album Collection (1880s – 1930s)
Collection Number
2009H.28
Creator
This collection was assembled by an unknown individual. It was donated to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in 2009 by Michael Hayes.
Extent
Number of Containers: 1 Box
Linear Feet: 0.5 Linear Feet
Repository
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Archives
705 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Abstract
This collection contains a Metal Back Art Album. It has a red leather cover with the front and back covers are embossed with an image of an artist’s palette and paint brushes. The front cover is also embossed in gold “Art Album”. The pages of the album are wood toned cardboard. The photos are of a wide variety of men, women, and children that may be indicative of a photography studio’s display photograph album, however there are photos from at least two different studios of Santa Cruz – McKean’s and Baldwin’s. There are also several loose photos of a woman, a baby, and a home.
Location
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
Preferred Citation
The Art Album Collection, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the head of Archives at MAH. Researchers may be responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material not produced by museum personnel.
Process By
G. Gardner
Date Completed
2014
SERIES I. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (1880s)
One (1) Album
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains a Metal Back Art Album. There are photographs of a wide variety of men, women, and children. There are several photos from the studio of McKean and Recht, also at least one photo from the John E.D. Baldwin Gallery. (51 x Photographs)
Box ID#/Folder ID#
Box 1:X
SERIES II. LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS (1930s)
One (1) Envelope
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains three (3) loose photographs. There is a photograph of a woman, who may be in her 20s. There is a photo of a house that is reminiscent of Santa Cruz but not sure. There is also a photograph of a baby on the back is written “John (?) at 5 ½ months – Jan 1933. (3 x Photographs)
Box ID#/Folder ID#
Box 1, Envelope 1
