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Object Description
| Type | Still image |
| Title | John T. McCutcheon negatives collection |
| Artists/Makers | McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 |
| Date | circa 1890-1919 |
| Description | Photonegatives document McCutcheon's travels as an overseas correspondent and tourist. Includes views in the United States--of Chicago, Santa Fe (New Mexico), the Grand Canyon, and southern California. Also includes images from sea voyages in the West Indies, to Japan, East Africa and India; views from a private tour of Central Asia (1906) showing the Black Sea, Armenia, Russian Turkestan, Persia (now Iran) and Siberia, among other points of interest; and scenes from an East African safari (1909). As a correspondent McCutcheon viewed civil and military strife in Vera Cruz in Mexico (1914), in Salonika at the Greco-Serbian front (1915-1916), and France during the Armistice and negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles (1919). A few negatives show William Jennings Bryan in Palm Beach (Fla.), friends and traveling companions George Ade, Ort Wells, Kirk Brice, Charles T. Atkinson, Fred Stephenson, and Carl and Delia Akeley. Glass photonegatives show McCutcheon with a plane belonging to Orville Wright before its flight in the first aviation meet held in Chicago, August 15, 1911. |
| Dimensions | 3338 negatives : cellulose nitrate negative ; 9 x 16 cm. (3 1/2 x 6 in.) or smaller. 3 negatives : glass photonegatives ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Notes | Images in PDF file represent only the nitrate portion of this collection. To see more about the full collection and all formats, see http://chsmedia.org:8081/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=public&index=BIB&term=4585 |
| Related Persons |
Ade, George, 1866-1944 |
| Related Places |
California Chicago (Ill.) |
| Related Terms |
Travel |
| Original Credit Line | Gift of the McCutcheon family, 1965-1975 (1985.0385). |
| Copyright Notice | Refer to the 'IPTC - Copyright Notice' field below each image in the above PDF for information on the copyright status. |
| Funding Note | Digitization and preservation of the nitrate negatives was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Owner | Chicago Historical Society |
| Repository | Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038 |
| Collection Name | Prints and Photographs Collection |
| Image File Name | 17_1985-0385_4585.pdf 01_1985-0385_4585.pdf 02_1985-0385_4585.pdf 03_1985-0385_4585.pdf 04_1985-0385_4585.pdf 05_1985-0385_4585.pdf 06_1985-0385_4585.pdf 07_1985-0385_4585.pdf 08_1985-0385_4585.pdf 09_1985-0385_4585.pdf 10_1985-0385_4585.pdf 11_1985-0385_4585.pdf 12_1985-0385_4585.pdf 13_1985-0385_4585.pdf 14_1985-0385_4585.pdf 15_1985-0385_4585.pdf 16_1985-0385_4585.pdf |
| Accession Number | 1985.385 |
| CHM Catalog Number | 4585 |
| Language | English |
| Research Inquiry | http://libguides.chicagohistory.org/research |
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Description
| Title | 02_1985-0385_4585 |
