Russian family photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: 1000-034

Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs of an unknown Russian family which vary from small passport photos to larger 5x7 portraits and family scenes. Some of the photographs have captions written on the back in Russian. The dealer whom the collection was purchased from included a note that the family came to Seattle from Russia and became leaders in Seattle’s Russian community but no further verification has been made by library staff. A few photos from the 1950s show Seattle’s St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, located at 1714 13th Avenue.

Dates

Creation: circa 1900-1958

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open and available for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Full Extent

.2 Linear Feet (1 box) : 80 photographs

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection includes photographs of an unknown Russian family which vary from small passport photos to larger 5x7 portraits and family scenes. A few photos from the 1950s show Seattle’s St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, located at 1714 13th Avenue.

Arrangement

Photos are arranged according to size. Each size has a corresponding folder (small, medium and large) within the collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from a Seattle antiquarian dealer.

Processing Information

Acknowledgement of Harmful Content
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