Object Details
sova.nmah.ac.0060.s02_ref2824
- Local Numbers
- 04006088.tif (AC Scan No. for Keyes' Oyster Bar)
- Collector
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Series Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Topic
- Restaurants -- 1870-1880
- Oysters
- Collector
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Culture
- African Americans
- See more items in
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions / 2.2: Stereographs / Saloons
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF). Digitization of Series 2.2: Stereographs was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
- Extent
- 1 Item
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
- Silver albumen on paper, mounted.
- Date
- ca. 1870s
- Container
- Box 6 (Stereographs)
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographs
- Stereographs
- Series Citation
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Processing Information
- Most of the stereographs in the Warshaw Collection were reorganized and processed by Jennifer Songster-Burnett in January-May 1991.
- Series Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1870-1880 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver albumen
- Stereographs -- 1880-1900
- Scope and Contents
- G. A. Keyes Oyster Saloon (front exterior with sign, plus additional sign: "Oysters / hot coffee / cold meats / &c"), on unidentified street, by an unidentified photographer. In front of the "saloon" a young African American boy (or man) sits on a cart hitched to a bull, who is also resting. Other figures nearby include several wearing top hats, and two other African American figures are sitting on a doorstep. Orange mount, pink on verso. Pencil on verso: "Polatka Express."
- Restrictions
- Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless protected by plastic sleeves.
NMAH.AC.0060.S02_ref2824
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- Record ID
- ebl-1562728815050-1562728815254-4