Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1896- (Creation)
Extent
81.00 Items
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Mainly albumen prints mounted on cardboard and shot by various photographers. The scenes depict streets, buildings, and the like in the City of Miami, from its founding in 1896 through its first few decades.
System of arrangement
Original prints are arranged by size and accession number in the Artifact Photographs boxes.
Contact prints made from 4x5 in. copy negatives are filed topically in the South Florida Photographs artifical collection.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
The Sewells also gave artifacts to HistoryMiami, which are in the museum's object collection.
A small number of papers have also been donated, and are catalogued separately.
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Other Information
Photographs are part of the South Florida Photograph Collection (HMA0014) but retains its individual catalog record with extensive scope and content notes.
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca A. Smith.
Archivist's note
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