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Object Description
| Type | Still image |
| Title | Gordon Coster visual materials |
| Artists/Makers | Coster, Gordon H., 1906-1988 |
| Date | ca. 1920-1985 |
| Description | Photographs, primarily by commercial photographer Gordon Coster of Chicago (Ill.). Includes advertising work for Marshall Field & Company, documentary photography for magazines such as Time, Life, Fortune, Holiday, Ladies Home Journal, Scientific American, and a number of corporate publications. Notable topics include animals used in science experiments, burlesque dancers, Chicago, the Chicago Board of Trade, 4-H conventions, industry (automobile, lumber, mining, oil, steel), the National Road, wheat farming, and the YMCA / YWCA. Also includes many photographs of unidentified people: mostly women but also men, children, includes a few African Americans, photographed for commercial or fashion assignments. In addition to Coster's work, the collection contains some work by students at the Institute of Design under Coster's tutelage (ca. 1946-1960) and professional photographers such as Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Andreas Feininger, George Hurrell, and Wallace Kirkland. A small component includes nineteenth and early twentieth century card photographs, such as cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and stereographs. |
| Dimensions | ca. 8,000 photographic prints : b&w, contact print ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. ca. 12,000 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller. ca. 5,500 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 25 x 20 in. 1,778 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. 61 negatives : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. ca. 56,350 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 1 6-drawer unit (ca. 10,2000 negatives) : b&w ; 35 mm. ca. 1,200 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm. ca. 147 transparencies : lantern slide ; 9 x 11 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.) 3 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller. 1 box of photographic prints : col. ; 16 x 20 in. or smaller. ca. 14,850 transparencies : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 135 transparencies : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. 22 motion picture film reels : b&w ; 35 mm. or smaller. 1 box of non-graphic material. 5 linear feet, including approximately 6000 images (17 boxes). Unprocessed accrual. |
| 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=4494 |
| Related Corporate Names |
Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago Board of Trade |
| Related Places |
Baltimore (Md.) Chicago (Ill.) New York |
| Related Terms |
African American automobiles children (people by age group) lumber industries men (male humans) Steel industry and trade women (female humans) |
| Original Credit Line | Gift of Peter Coster, Gordon Coster's son (1989.0891; 1993.0029). |
| 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 | 09_1989-0891_4494.pdf 10_1989-0891_4494.pdf 01_1989-0891_4494.pdf 02_1989-0891_4494.pdf 03_1989-0891_4494.pdf 04_1989-0891_4494.pdf 05_1989-0891_4494.pdf 06_1989-0891_4494.pdf 07_1989-0891_4494.pdf 08_1989-0891_4494.pdf |
| Accession Number | 1989.891 |
| CHM Catalog Number | 4494 |
| Language | English |
| Research Inquiry | http://libguides.chicagohistory.org/research |
| Licensing Inquiry | Go to https://images.chicagohistory.org for purchase or email rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org |
| Named Collection | Forms part of the Russell L. Lewis, Jr. Nitrate Photography Collection. |
Description
| Title | 08_1989-0891_4494 |
