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Rotogravures

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Scope Note: Prints in which an unobtrusive cross line screen breaks up the image, which is then printed from a rotating cylinder. Introduced ca. 1895 and commonly used for newspaper illustrations. Especially suitable for long printing runs at high speed; inks frequently brown or sepia.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Ida Smoot Dusenberry photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 1432
Scope and Contents Collection comes from the papers of Ida Smoot Dusenberry and is composed of photographs relating to the life of Ida Smoot Dusenberry, including family portraits taken in Utah, photos from travel in Italy while serving as a delegate at the International Council of Women, photos from students at Brigham Young University, and miscellaneous photos. Many are gelatin silver prints, but the collection also includes possibly selenium toned silver gelatin prints, glycerine, sulfur toned developing...
Dates: 1881-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Farr family photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 201
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 44 negatives of photographs of the Farr family, including Lorin Farr, taken between the 1890s and the 1940s. Also includes photocopies of pages of a book on which these photographs appear.

Dates: approximately 1890-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs of Kit Carson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 222
Scope and Contents

Collection includes black and white photographs, one cased tintype, two acrylic paintings, and some corresponding safety film negatives of images of Christopher "Kit" Carson. Dated approximately 1860-1889.

Dates: approximately 1860-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles M. Russell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 269
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 15 photographs, 74 sketches, 124 postcards, four pamphlets, two newspapers, and 13 placemats with images of cowboys, animals, and scenes of Western life. Dated approximately 1880-1929.

Dates: approximately 1880-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Harriet V. Steele photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 212
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 28 photographs and four negatives of the Steele, Hadlock, and Bush families collected by Harriet V. Steele. Dated approximately 1870-1960.

Dates: 1870-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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