H.H. Tammen Company photographs and postcards
Scope and Contents
Includes 10,498 photographs and postcards collected and manufactured by the H.H. Tammen Company. Includes the work of photographers throughout the United States dating between the 1860s and the 1930s.The boxes are in alphabetical order by states. Montana and Wyoming have Yellowstone National Park content.
Dates
- approximately 1860-1939
Creator
- H.H. Tammen Company (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from H.H. Tammen Company photographs and postcards must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Administrative hist. H.H. Tammen Company was a souvenir company in Colorado, established by Harry H. Tammen in Denver in the 1880s or 1890s. The company became the largest postcard publisher in Colorado and collected photographic work from throughout the United States.
Extent
5 oversize boxes (3 linear ft.)
58 boxes (29 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Photographs donated by H.H. Tammen. During processing many of the photographs were removed to create separate collections by photographer.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; H.H. Tammen.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- Title
- Register of H.H. Tammen Company photographs and postcards
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 November 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
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- Box: 32 (Graphic Materials)
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- Box: 59 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 3 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- oversize: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 46 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 47 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 48 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 56 (Graphic Materials)
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- Box: 49 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 36 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 35 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 57 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 58 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 37 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 39 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 38 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 41 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 40 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 43 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 42 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 45 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 44 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States