Glass plate negatives from Charles E. Clark building, Portland, Maine
Scope and Content note
Eighteen 8x10 glass plate negatives, several on Description of Gift list were not found. Total of 178 3.5x5.5 and several 3.5x4 glass plate negatives in two photo boxes. There are five prints, the paper is brown and images are very faint; these are in an envelope. The photographs are mostly of Portland scenes, such as First Parish Church, Munjoy Hill Reservoir, Deering Mansion, and various banks, businesses, and houses.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1911
Access
Unrestricted.
Copyright
Access to collections at Maine Historical Society is not an authorization to publish. Rights and reproduction requests may be submitted in writing to the MHS Image Services Coordinator or Research & Administrative Librarian, subject to format.
Biographical note
Charles Clark owned and operated a greenhouse at the rear of 112 Coyle Street, circa 1911. The greenhouse was later owned by William Sawyer, ca. 1924. Charles Clark's home was located at 664 Forest Avenue. See Assessor's Record, 108-112 Coyle Street, Portland, 1924 on Maine Memory Network.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Gift of Brian Peterson, March 28, 2013 (acc. no. 2013.083). Peterson lived at 112 Coyle Street in the 1980s, and he found these glass plates in the basement.
Processing note
The 8x10 negatives are currently in original paper envelopes; information for folders taken directly from these envelopes. Faded prints on brown paper were put into an envelope. Some negatives were in old paper envelopes without any information, and these were discarded. Note that, in some cases, bits of envelope were stuck to negatives and traces remain.
The smaller negatives were arranged in categories during processing.
Source
- Peterson, Brian (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Clark, Charles E. (Person)
- First Parish Church (Portland, Me.) -- Photographs (Organization)
- Loring, Short & Harmon -- Photographs (Organization)
- United States. Army.. Maine Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1863) -- Photographs (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Glass plate negatives from Charles E. Clark building, Portland, Maine
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Donna Knoblock, Library volunteer, January - February 2024
- Date
- February 8, 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository