Title:
Samuel Bell Maxey photograph collection
Description:
This collection consists of approximately 1200 photographic images, dating 1870-1960, bulk 1870-1920, from the Samuel Bell Maxey House in Paris, Texas. The images, which consist primarily of albumen and silver gelatin prints, include views of the Maxey house (interiors and exteriors) and grounds, and the environs. The Maxey family and friends are represented by commercial portraiture done in various places. Family activities and travels are documented both by commercial views and by amateur snapshots. Included is a suede "Kodack" album and loose album pages picturing travels in the late 1890s. These and later travels ranged from the western U. S. to New York, to the Yukon and Alaska, and to Europe and Egypt
Collection:
Samuel Bell Maxey photograph collection
Creator:
Maxey, S. B. (Samuel Bell), 1825-1895.
Date range of creation:
1870 to 1960
Geographic coverage:
Alaska
Geographic coverage:
Paris (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
Maxey family
Subject:
Photograph collections
Subject:
Photograph albums
Subject:
Buildings
Type:
Photographs
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Samuel Bell Maxey photograph collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records are arranged as received. The collection is semi-processed; the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife cataloged the images and prepared an inventory. The images are housed in the envelopes provided by Parks and Wildlife which bear a short descriptive phrase or identification. Oversize 11×14 envelopes have been separated out and placed in oversize print boxes.
Copyright information:
Researchers are responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Size or duration:
approximately 1200 images
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/40042.xml
Language:
English