Series 1: Photographs, circa 1885-2007

The Photographic prints sub-series contains approximately 340 photos spanning circa 1890-2007, the bulk of which were created between 1910 and 1940. There is a rather large gap in the collection between the 1950s and approximately the early 1990s. The sub-series includes 45 modern color photographs and six oversize prints. Standard size prints are arranged across nine folders, in approximate chronological order by decade.

Sub-series highlights include photographs of Eugenie's family on outings and vacations throughout her childhood, her Confirmation class, her graduation from medical school, Eugenie wearing a medical coat among her all-male colleagues, and Eugenie with her husband Phillip. Modern color prints include images of an award banquet for Eugenie's 1996 receipt of the Walter Reed medal. Other highlights include photographs from the American West Coast and Southwest, San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake, Paris, and rural France.

24 cabinet card photographs. Most are studio portraits of members of the Merzbach and Fribourg families. The portraits show Eugenie Fribourg's parents, Hortense Merzbach and Gustave Fribourg, as well as their parents and siblings.

One cabinet card shows Eugenie's maternal grandfather Louis Merzbach's watch-making and jewelry storefront on Catherine Street (New York, N.Y.). Other subjects include portraits of Louis and Hortense as teenagers and adults, Clementine Loeb Merzbach as a teenager and adult; Eugene Fribourg (Gustave's father); and several unidentified persons.

The following photographic studios are identified on the cards: Smith & Vaughn, 136 Bowery; Mauer, 252 Bowery; The Star Studio, 691 Grand St.; Kirchner Portraits, 2198 Third Ave.; Dana, 272 Broadway; Duryea Portraits, 201 Sixth Ave.; De Young's, 815 Broadway; L.J. White, 105 Fourth Ave.; Smedley White, 105 Fourth Ave; R.A. Lewis, Photo-Artist, 160 Chatham Street; G.A. Flach, 1434 Third Ave.; N.Y. Photographing Co.; Corliss & Bancroft, No. 6 City Hall Place; Fredrich & Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway.

Two cartes-de-visite. One depicts Gustave Fribourg as a young boy and was photographed by Henry W. Biffar. The other depicts a woman and baby (possibly Gustave), and was photographed in Paris, as stamped on the verso.

Two tintypes. One depicts two men, and the other depicts a young girl. The tintype of the girl is badly rusted and the image is partially obscured. Both are studio portraits posed in a "rustic" setting.

Three photographic postcards, dated 1906, 1908, and 1938. They depict Albert Fribourg posing in costume in a studio, Hortense Merzbach with her children, and Ruth "Jim" Brindze.

One clipping, separated into pieces, showing an illustration with the caption, "Mr. and Mrs. George Tekulsky / they celebrated their golden wedding yesterday". Unidentified newspaper.