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Exhibit prints

 File — Box: 944, Folder: 1-31

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains numerous subseries of photographic prints that correspond to the images in the negatives. Originally the series contained only the prints found at the Studio, which were matched to negatives during processing. Since the receipt of the original collection, and the original processing, GRHSCC has continued to add newly made photographic prints, created from the original Robinson negatives, to the collection. There prints were created when the positive image was needed for other projects, such as exhibits, or because of popular usage of a particular image by the public, such as the image of John Kennedy riding on the back of a convertible during his presidential campaign visit to Grand Rapids.

During 2004/2005, a project is being conducted to identify Robinson Studio prints in other GRHSCC Archival collections. An index will be created to provide access to those prints. In that way, users can be referred to a positive view of a Robinson image, which does not exist within the Robinson Collection. In connection with this project, Robinson Studio photographic prints found in Coll. 054, the generic Grand Rapids Public Library Photo Collection, will be transferred to the Robinson Studio Collection. Any future acquisitions of small accessions or unknown accessions of Robinson Studio photographic prints will be added to the Robinson Studio Collection, rather than Coll. 054. Alternatively, those newly received Robinson Photographic prints, which are to remain associated with new, but specific separate GRHSCC archival collections, will be indexed during processing into the new Indexing to Robinson Prints in Other GRHSCC Archival Collections. The prints transferred from Coll. 054 will be contained in a new subseries, and housed in Boxes 955.

Dates

  • circa 1910-circa 1960

Extent

From the Collection: 641.1 Linear Feet (984 Boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Related Materials

See Negatives E2045, and probably E2046 & E2047. Inventory. See also prints in Box 929. Even after much work, there are many irregularities in the numbering of the negatives and thus the exhibit prints, for these threatre images. Use the individual negative numbers on the back of the mounts, e.g E2045-18, to find the specific negative. The inventory shows whether these are 4x5 or 8x10. E2045-18 is currently missing 12/10/1999! And is a 4x5 negative. A new 4x5 has been ordered from Corp. Color.

Physical Description

Mounted on foamcore, with velcro hangers, for RKO Theatres.

Repository Details

Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository

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