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Series 11: Photographic Materials , 1896-1960s
4.3 Linear feet
Boxes 105-108, 112, OVs 121-128

This series includes black and white photographs, a handful of colored photographs, and negatives of exhibitions, buildings, events, and portraits, as well as scattered related correspondence and printed materials. Also found are nearly 350 lantern slides of buildings, architectural details, and landmarks. Generally, circa dates are based on period indicators in the photographs, such as clothing, car models, etc.
Folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Description Container Select
"40 Under 40", 1966
(2 folders)
105
1-2
[37th Annual Exhibition], circa 1922
(Oversized material housed in Box 112, Folder 1)
105
3
52nd Annual Exhibition, 1938
(2 folders)
105
4-5
Annual Exhibition Yearbook, Negatives, circa 1920s
105
6
Architects, Kahn and Jacobs, circa 1950s-1960s
105
7
Architects, Edward Lehmann, circa 1940s-1960s
105
8
Architects, Ralph Walker, circa 1960s
(Oversized material housed in Box 112, Folder 2)
105
9
Architectural League of New York Building, circa 1920s-1950s
(Oversized material housed in Box 112, Folder 3)
105
10
"The Architecture of Trees," Negatives, circa 1960s
(2 folders)
105
11-12
Correspondence Related to Photographs, 1954
105
13
Designers, E.H. Praeger, circa 1950s-1960s
105
14
Dinner [House Committee], circa 1950s
105
15
Exhibitions, circa 1920-1925
105
16
Exhibitions: Photographs of Renderings, Murals, Sculptures, Etc., circa 1910s-1940s
(Oversized material housed in Box 112, Folders 4-5)
105
17
Fall Outing (1949) to Philip Johnson's House, 1950
105
18
Hugh Ferriss Memorial Exhibition (Feb. 19 - Mar. 8, 1962), 1962
105
19
Greenley, Howard [Architectural League Building], circa 1925
(2 folders)
105
20-21
Interior Shots, circa 1946-1950
105
22
International Fine Arts Council, 1954
(Oversized material housed in Box 112, Folder 6)
105
23
"The Judgment of Paris" and Miscellaneous, 1914, circa 1920s
(Oversized material housed in Box 112, Folder 7)
105
24
Lantern Slides, circa 1910s-1940s
(349 slides housed in Boxes 106-107)
105
25
League Picnic, circa 1930s-1940s
105
26
League Seal, circa 1940s-1960s
105
27
Julian Clarence Levi 90th Birthday Party (Dec. 9, 1964), 1964
105
28
Marco Polo Extras [House Committee], circa 1950s
105
29
Miscellaneous, circa 1910s-1930s
(4 folders)
105
30-33
Miscellaneous Events, circa 1940s-1950s
105
34
Murals, circa 1950s-1960s
105
35
[National Gold Medal] Design and Craftsmanship, Robert Sowers, 1950s
105
36
National Gold Medal Exhibitions, 1945, circa 1960s
(2 folders)
105
37-38
National Gold Medal Presentation (Mar. 18, 1954), 1954
105
39
Pan-American Terminal, New York International Airport, circa 1950s
105
40
Past Presidents, circa 1950s-1960s
105
41
Past Presidents and Distinguished Members, 1953
105
42
Photographers - League Members, 1947-1949
105
43
Photographs from a Volume Presented to the League Library by Mr. C. Vanderbilt, 1896
(Oversized material housed in OVs 121-128)
105
44
Portrait, James Johnson Sweeney, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, 1953
105
45
Portrait Committee, circa 1935-1941
105
46
Portrait Committee, Horace Moran, Chairman, 1920s-1940s
105
47
Rollins, Henry; Mills Fellowship in Sculpture, 1966
105
48
Samuel Paley Plaza, circa 1960s
105
49
Sculptors
Block, Adolph, circa 1940s-1950s
105
50
Carr, Sally Swan, circa 1940s-1960s
105
51
Féron, Louis, 1957
105
52
Hancock, Walter, Honorable Mention in Sculpture, circa 1950s-1960s
105
53
Kreis, Henry, circa 1950s
105
54
Nivola, Costantino, 1960
105
55
Richard, Betti, circa 1950s-1960s
105
56
Sculptors
Rollins, Henry, 1966
108
1
Stevens, Lawrence Tenney, circa 1940s-1950s
108
2
Zorach, William, circa 1940s-1950s
108
3
Sculpture Competition, City of New York Department of Public Works, 1957
108
4
Secretary 1941-1942, Harry Townsend's Pictures Called For, 1941
108
5
Secretary 1941-1942, Past Presidents and Distinguished Members, 1941
108
6
Selections from 1923-1924 Exhibition Catalog, Negatives, circa 1924
108
7
Lantern Slides, circa 1910s-1940s
(3 boxes of lantern slides, Materials from Box 105, Folder 25)
  • Cartoons
  • Chicago World's Fair
  • Drawings
  • Floor Plans
  • King Solomon's Temple
  • Landscapes
  • Maps
  • Memorials
  • Reconstructions and Paintings
  • Sections
106
Lantern Slides, circa 1910s-1940s
(2 shoeboxes of lantern slides, Materials from Box 105, Folder 25)
  • Aerial
  • Banks
  • Bridges
  • Buildings
  • Construction
  • Decorations and Objects
  • Doors
  • Interiors
  • Religious Centers
  • Residences
  • Stadiums
  • Theaters
107
[37th Annual Exhibition], circa 1922
(Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 3)
112
1
Architects, Ralph Walker, circa 1960s
(Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 9)
112
2
Architectural League of New York Building, circa 1930s-1950s
(Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 10)
112
3
Exhibitions: Photographs of Renderings, Murals, Sculptures, Etc., circa 1910s-1940s
(2 folders filed at bottom of box due to size, Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 17)
112
4-5
International Fine Arts Council, 1954
(Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 23)
112
6
"The Judgment of Paris" and Miscellaneous, 1914, circa 1920s
(Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 24)
112
7
Photographs from a Volume Presented to the League Library by Mr. C. Vanderbilt, 1896
(Oversized material from Box 105, Folder 44)
OVs 121-128

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