Series VIII: Images on glass
Subseries A: The Actons
1 Acton, Arthur
i. AA Alone
AA in the interior of Villa La Pietra (on the Scalone in the Rotonda), with the tapestry XII. A.35. of the "Donna con canestro di frutta e tavolo con cacciagione" in the background, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
AA, ca. 1930s, inclusive
General note
Color positives. For b/w prints, see I.A.1.1.-87a. and 87b.
AA [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, Terrazza], ca. 1930s, inclusive
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Color stereograph.
ii. AA with others
AA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Seconda Vasca), with two ladies, ca. 1920s, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph (sepia tone).
iii. Relations of AA
(Eugene Arthur) Roger Acton, father of AA, 1875, inclusive
General note
B/w negative. For b/w prints, see I.A.5.2.-123., 123a.and 123b.
(Eugene Arthur) Roger Acton, father of AA, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w negative. For b/w print, see I.A.5.2.-124.
(Eugene Arthur) Roger Acton, father of AA, undated, inclusive
General note
With a dog.
B/w negative. For b/w prints, see I.A.5.2.-127.and 127a.
[(Eugene Arthur) Roger Acton, father of AA], undated, inclusive
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Cased daguerreotype.
Lady [Mother of AA], undated, inclusive
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Cased daguerreotype. Found in HA's desk in the Library. For conservation reasons housed in box 11 of Images on Glass.
Two women [ancestors of AA], undated, inclusive
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Framed daguerreotype
iv. AA's painting activity
Lady model posing in a studio, undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs.
Female nude, undated, inclusive
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B/w negative.
Studies for paintings, undated, inclusive
General note
1. Lady posing.
2. Painting of a lady.
3. Detail of an arm.
B/w negatives.
Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill painted by AA, undated, inclusive
General note
Color glass slides. See also I.A.6.3.-16.
Portrait of H.M. George VI painted by AA, undated, inclusive
General note
Color glass slide. See also I.A.6.3.-17.
Portrait of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery painted by AA, undated, inclusive
General note
Color glass slide. See also I.A.6.3.-22.
Lady posing for a portrait by AA, undated, inclusive
General note
Color glass slide. See also I.A.6.3.-33.
Portraits of ladies painted by AA, undated, inclusive
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Color glass slides.
Portrait of a man (in uniform) painted by AA, undated, inclusive
General note
Color glass slide.
Model posing, undated, inclusive
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Color glass slide.
2 Acton, Hortense, née Mitchell
i. HMA alone
HMA in the interior of Villa La Pietra (Salone), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs (positives and negatives).
HMA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Giardino Segreto), ca. 1920s, inclusive
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Color stereographs (in metal frames).
HMA (with WA) in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Giardino Segreto), ca. 1920s, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph (in a metal frame).
HMA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Tempietto), ca. 1920, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph (in a metal frame).
[HMA] in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche, Terrazza), undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs (in metal frames).
HMA [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra), undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs (in metal frames).
HMA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche, Scalone), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereograph. Neg.
HMA outside Villa La Pietra (with an Alsatian dog), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (positive and negative).
HMA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche, Terrazza), with an Alsatian dog), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereograph.
ii. HMA with others
HMA with a lady and with WA [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
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Color stereographs (in metal frames).
HMA with two men [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (positive and negative).
3. and 4. b/w stereographs (negatives).
HMA with two men in the gardens of Villa La Pietra [Vasche, Terrazza], undated, inclusive
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B/w stereograph (negative).
[HMA] with two ladies and two men in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche, Terrazza), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (positives and negatives).
HMA with a lady [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
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Color stereograph.
[HMA] in the a group [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
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Color stereograph.
HMA with WA and an officer in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Giardino Topiario), ca. 1916, inclusive
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Color stereographs (in metal frames).
HMA with officers in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche, Terrazza), ca. 1916, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (#1. with a sepia tone).
HMA with others outside Villa La Pietra (Terrazza), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereoscopes (positive and negative).
HMA [with Mario Pansa and Gentile Del Drago] in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), ca. 1916, inclusive
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B/w stereograph.
HMA with a lady in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (with sepia tone), positives and negatives.
[HMA] in a group outside Villa La Pietra, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
[HMA] with Cora Antinori and an officer in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs (positive and negative).
HMA with Cora Antinori, Gentile del Drago and others in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Tempietto, Prima Vasca), ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs (positives and negatives).
[HMA] with officers in an interior, ca. 1916, inclusive
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Color stereograph.
[HMA] with officers in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, ca. 1916, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (positive and negative).
HMA at a ball with Cora Antinori and others, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs (positives and negatives). See also I.B.2.4.-204.,and III.A.2.
3 Acton, Harold
HA with HMA and WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
HA with AA and WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, ca. 1916, inclusive
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Color stereograph.
HA, ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
HA in the interior of Villa La Pietra (also with WA), and with mannequin busts, undated, inclusive
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Color stereographs.
HA with HMA and WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Terrazza), ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs (in metal frames).
HA with WA, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
HA with WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, ca. 1917, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs (positive and negative).
[HA] with [HMA] in a horse carriage outside Villa La Pietra, ca. 1918, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. See also similar print, I.B.1.4.-60.
HA, ca. 1920, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
HA with WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra [Giardino Topiario], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
HA with HMA and WA and others [inside Villa la Pietra], undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs
HA with HMA and WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), ca. 1920s, inclusive
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Color stereograph.
HA dressed as a toreador in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Giardino Topiario), ca. 1924, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
4 Acton, William
WA in fancy dress in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, ca. 1915, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
WA in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
5 friends of the Actons
i. men
Man in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph (negative).
Man in a garden, undated, inclusive
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B/w negative.
Man in the interior of Villa La Pietra, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs (positives and negatives).
ii. women
Cora Antinori in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Tempietto), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereograph.
Ladies [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs (in metal frames).
Ladies in interiors, undated, inclusive
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Color stereographs.
Ladies in interiors, undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs (negatives).
Lady [HMA] on horseback, undated, inclusive
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B/w stereograph.
Ladies (and a man) in a garden, undated, inclusive
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Color stereographs.
Lady, undated, inclusive
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Signed "affettuosissima". B/w negative.
Couple [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra, Pomario], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
iii. groups
People in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Peristilio della glicine), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Neg.
People in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Pomario), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Neg.
People [in the gardens of Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Neg.
People in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Seconda Vasca and Peristilio della glicine), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
People including Cora Antinori, Mario Pansa, Bourbon del Monte, [and HMA] in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
People, including Cora Antinori in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche - Scalone), undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Five ladies [including HMA] in a garden, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
People in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Vasche - Terrazza), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Positive and neg.
People in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
People in a garden (with a statue), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Five ladies on a terrace, undated, inclusive
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B/w stereographs
People on a terrace, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and neg.
People in the interior of Villa La Pietra, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Neg.
iv. officers at Villa La Pietra [1915/16]
Officers in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (including the Pomario), ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Officers in the gardens of Villa Sassetti, ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Officers in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Giardino Topiario), ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
Officers in the gardens of Villa La Pietra (Prima Vasca), ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positive and neg.
Subseries B: Villa La Pietra
1 The Gardens
i. Viale
Viale, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
ii. Piazzale
Piazzale, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
iii. Vasche
Terrazza (looking into the Pomario), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Positive and neg.
Terrazza, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
Prima Vasca, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w (with sepia tone) stereographs.
Prima Vasca, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs
2. with a metal frame.
Scalone, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
8. with a metal frame.
[Scalone], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph, with a metal frame.
Scalone, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Seconda Vasca, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
3. (sepia tone).
Seconda Vasca, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs
8.and 9. with metal frames.
Peristilio della glicine, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs, with metal frames.
Peristilio della glicine, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
iv. Tempietto and Teatrino
Tempietto, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs, with metal frames.
Teatrino (with F7 portal), undated, inclusive
General note
Color slide.
v. Boschetto
Vista dell'Arco, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
[Vista dell'Arco], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
Vista del Colosso, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
Vialone (looking south-west), undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
vi. Giardino Topiario
Giardino Segreto, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
4. damaged (only a single image).
5. damaged.
12. the grotto.
Prato del Cedro, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
[Prato del Cedro], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
vii. Pomario
Pomario, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
1.-3. in metal frames.
3. damaged.
Pomario, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positive and negs.
Pomario (seen from a window of Villa La Pietra, with the hill of Fiesole in the background), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w negs.
Details of flowers [in the Limonaia in the Pomario], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
2 The Interior and the Collection
i. the Rooms with their contents
XII. Rotonda detail of the fountain (A. 23.), ca. 1920, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
XIX. Biblioteca (when used as a billiards room), detail of a Chinese porcelain vase [now X. C.4.], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
XX. Salone, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
5. in a metal frame.
XXI. Sala del Caminetto, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
XXVII. Saletta delle Vedute, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
XXX. Sala Rossa, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
[Sala Rossa or Sala del Crocifisso], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
XXXII. Sala da Pranzo, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
XLVIII. Camera dei Genitori, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
XLVIII. A.2., undated, inclusive
General note
DIPINTO a tempera su tavola entro cornice lignea intagliata, dipinta e dorata: Madonna che adora il Bambino con melagrana e arancia. Stemmi nella parte inferiore della cornice e scritta: "Ave Maria Gratia plena Dominus T." h. 123 l. 92,5 Francesco Pesellino. Color stereograph.
XLVIII. C.10., undated, inclusive
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DIPINTO a tempera su tavola in cornice lignea intagliata, dipinta e dorata: Madonna col Bambino. Iscrizione alla base della cornice: "Ave Maris Stella Dei Mat. Alma". h. 73 l. 55,5 Sano di Pietro. Color stereograph.
LXI. Sala da Ballo, ca. 1920, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Villa La Pietra and Roma, undated, inclusive
General note
11 Stereographs found in the Camera Blu in 2007. For conservation reasons not processed with a series number but housed in box 11 of images on glass.
ii. unidentified (probably once part of the Collection, and whereabouts at present unknown)
Unidentified [in Villa La Pietra], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
Madonna and Child [by Sano di Pietro], once probably part of the Collection, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph. See also II.B.5.28.1.-65. and II.B.4.25.-1.
Madonna and Child with Saints and angels, once probably part of the Collection, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph. See also II.B.5.27.3.-9.
Decorative panels [by Umberto Brunelleschi], once probably part of the Collection, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
Panel with harlequins, once probably part of the Collection, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
Prints and a decorative panel in chinoiserie, whereabouts at present unknown, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w positives.
Painted panel [by WA], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w positive (sepia tone).
Detail of a painted panel with rural scenes, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w negative
3 The Estate
View of Villa La Pietra across the podere (from Villa Sassetti), undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
View of Villa La Pietra across the podere (from Villa Sassetti), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Villa La Pietra from the podere, with the hill of Fiesole in the background, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w negs.
Villa Ulivi - the garden, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs.
[Villa Ulivi - the gardens], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs
Map of the Estate on a scale of 1:5000 (from the Comune di Firenze), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w neg.
Subseries C: Works of Art
2 Interiors (and private collections)
Period interior with numerous works of art [Francis Alexander Collection], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w negs (for two prints, see also IV.C.4.25.39.-1.and IV.C.4.25.39.-2.).
7. and 8. A villa garden (with a lady), found with 1-5. above.
Firenze, Palazzo Vecchio (Studiolo), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Annotated by hand.
[Lucca, San Frediano], font, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Interior (hung with portraits), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs
Man painting a huge panel with harlequins, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs
Interior with a statuette of a horse, undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph. Inside Villa Gattaia, owned by Charles Loeser (also identified as the Rotonda in Villa La Pietra).
Subseries D: Places
1. Italian Villas and gardens
i. Firenze
Firenze, Boboli gardens, ca. 1924, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
[Firenze, Boboli gardens], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positive and neg.
Firenze, Villa Gamberaia (Settignano) - the gardens, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Firenze, Villa Gamberaia (Settignano) - the gardens, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Firenze, Villa Gamberaia (Settignano) - the gardens, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Firenze, Villa Passerini (now Villa il Giullarino) - the gardens, 1908, inclusive
General note
Color stereographs, in metal frames. 8 Pian dei Giullari (owned by Guy Mitchell, 1908-29).
5. damaged.
ii. Italy
Roma, Villa Sciarra (the gardens), undated, inclusive
General note
The villa owned by George W. Wurts. B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
12.-14. the courtyard.
15.-18. peacocks.
Roma, Villa Sciarra (the gardens), undated, inclusive
General note
The villa owned by George W. Wurts. B/w stereographs. Neg.
Roma, Villa Sciarra (the gardens), undated, inclusive
General note
The villa owned by George W. Wurts. B/w stereographs.
iii. unidentified
Villa garden (with people), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Villa garden [Firenze], undated, inclusive
General note
Color stereograph.
Villa garden (with two people), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Villa with a loggia and a clock, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Villa with a loggia and a clock, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Neg.
Villa with a loggia and a clock (and a private chapel), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
Family chapel (in the grounds of a villa), with people, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Limonaia and garden entrance, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w negs. See also V.A.3.2.42.-1.
Villa with a five-arched portico, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Positives and neg.
Unidentified villa gardens, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Neg.
2. Exteriors
Firenze, Piazza Santissima Annunziata, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Annotated by hand: "904. Firenze, statua di Ferdinando I° Piazza Santissima Annunziata".
Firenze, Piazza della Signoria, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Roma, Arch of Constantine (with the Meta Sudans), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Captioned: Rome Arc de Constantin. 214.
Roma, Castel Sant'Angelo and Ponte Sant'Angelo (with 3 people), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positive and neg.
Roma, Castel Sant'Angelo and Ponte Sant'Angelo, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. Neg.
Roma, Fontana di Trevi, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Neg.
Roma, Fontana di Trevi, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Roma, Fontana del Tritone, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Roma, obelisk [Pincio or Villa Celimontana], undated, inclusive
Roma, Piazza della Repubblica (details of the nymphs on the fountain of the Naiads), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Roma, Piazza della Repubblica (details of the nymphs on the fountain of the Naiads), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Neg.
Roma [a statue at the Quattro Fontane crossroads], undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs. Positives and negs.
Siena, il Campo and the steps of the Duomo (with people), 1924, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
Annotated and dated: "Siena 21/V/24".
Siena (province), Certosa di Pontignano, 1924, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph. See also I.B.2.4.-218.
Annotated and dated "Certosa di Pontignano 21/V/24".
Venezia, Bacino di San Marco, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Venezia, Bridge of Sighs, ca. 1924, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Venezia, Palazzo Ducale (cortile), undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Annotated "588. Venezia - Cortile del Palazzo Ducale".
Street in an Italian town with a horse carriage, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
France, Fontainebleau, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph.
Annotated "Fontainebleau - chateau et parc".
France, Chateau Maintenon, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereograph (damaged).
Captioned "Maintenon Chateau - vu du parc. 707".
Spain, a bull-fight, undated, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
3. War Photographs
Soldiers in Italy [First World War], ca. 1915-1918, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
War scenes [First World War], ca. 1915-1918, inclusive
General note
B/w stereographs.
3. and 4. broken.
Subseries E: unidentified
Unidentified, undated, inclusive
General note
Color or b/w stereographs. Over dark.
