Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:
[circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are of Robertson; his family, friends, and military colleagues; and images made by Robertson and others documenting his experiences in the United States Army. Family photographs include portraits and informal images relating to his childhood in New York City, 1920s-1930s; Vicki Robertson and their children, many made in Harlem, New York City, 1930s-1960s; and Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, their wedding, and her family, in Germany, 1950s. Photographs from Robertson's military career include images of military operations and informal images of soldiers, most in the 10th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Kansas, 1930s, including cavalry drill, and the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, 1950s, including bridge building and other military construction. Other photographs date from military service in Italy and Germany during World War II and postwar administrative work in Washington, D. C. Also present are photographs and documents relating to a German shepherd dog trained by Robertson in Germany, 1950s
Description:
Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was later reassigned to the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was desegregated in 1953. During the 1940s-1950s, Robertson was stationed in Germany, where he trained as a noncommissioned officer and was promoted to Master Sargeant. Robertson married Vicki Robertson, circa 1930; she lived in New York City with their children, Harold L. Robertson, Jr. (1942-), Terry Roberson (circa 1945-), and Ronald Robertson (1947-). Robertson married Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, a German, in 1960. They lived in Germany and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, where Robertson died in 2012., Annotations in English., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., Original album disbound for conservation, and album cover discarded. Accompanied by printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs., and Box 1: printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs; photographs from pages [3-55]; Box 2: photographs from pages [56-99]; Box 3: photographs from pages [100-145]; Box 4: photographs from pages [146-161].
Subject (Geographic):
Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):
African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History
A salted paper photographic print that documents placer gold mining operations on river bars on the American River, Middle Fork, between Placer County and Eldorado County, California in February 1858. From an elevated position, the view shows mining operations on a wide riverbed running through hills of chaparral. The photograph depicts a viaduct, wooden structures, and water diversion structures, such as sluices, sluice gates, and waterwheels. The image includes mining camps and operations on the Kennebec, Wildcat, Willow, and Hoosier bars
Description:
Charles L. Weed (1824-1903), also known as Charles Leander Weed, was an American photographer and engraver. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
California, American River Region, American River, Middle Fork, American River Valley, American River, Middle Fork (Calif.), El Dorado County (Calif.), and Placer County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Weed, Charles L.
Subject (Topic):
Chaparral, Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering), Gold mines and mining, Mines and mineral resources, Mining districts, Placer mining, and Water-wheels
Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, taken by Lawrence Beitler. Shipp and Smith were murdered by a mob in Marion, Indiana on August 7, 1930
Description:
Lawrence Beitler (1885-1960) was an American studio photographer., Caption in English., Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Printed caption on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
Indiana, Marion., Marion, Grant County, and Marion (Ind.)
Subject (Name):
Beitler, Lawrence., Shipp, Thomas, 1911-1930, and Smith, Abram, -1930
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, African Americans, Violence against, Lynching, Racism, and Race relations
Photographs compiled by an unidentified compiler of the Black Butte Mine in Lane County, Oregon, 1910-1920. Depicted are the mining camp and unidentified miners in mines or at mine shaft entrances. The only photograph with a caption is of an illustration done by artist Edward Lange of the Black Butte Mining District
Description:
The Black Butte Mine, a mercury mine in Lane County, Oregon, was in operation from the 1890s until the late 1960s., Caption in English., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Lane County (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Lange, Edward, 1846-1912. and Black Butte Mine.
Subject (Topic):
Mercury, Mercury mines and mining, Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Mining camps
Set of 290 black-and-white prints of Rockwell Kent's illustrations and decorations for the 1930 Lakeside edition of Moby Dick. The prints are housed in 148 mats, with each mat holding one to four prints, and divided into three volumes that correspond to the published Lakeside edition. The mats for each volume are housed in a custom case with paper spine and cover labels featuring Kent's illustrations. Volume 1 contains mats 1-49 (95 prints) and the inventory of illustrations; volume 2 contains mats 50-94 (89 prints); and volume 3 contains mats 95-148 (106 prints).
Alternative Title:
Moby Dick
Description:
BEIN 2023 Folio 19: From the library of William S. Reese. Twenty-six sheets bear the Strathmore drawing board trademark stamp. Accompanied by manuscript inventory of illustrations in an unidentified hand (11 pages). Each mat is numbered in pencil with a number corresponding to this inventory. The final 9 illustrations (mats 145-148) likely do not appear in the published Lakeside edition. and Title devised by cataloger.
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on first leaf following title page in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 11.3 x 15.7 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and With manuscript title "View of Strawberry Hill" added in brown ink below image. Also added are the letters "ollaston f." to the etched monogrammatic initials "CW" in lower left, completing the statement of responsibility "CWollaston f."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A collection of hand-drawn transformation playing cards using the suit symbols incorporated in the sketches of people in a variety of scenes, some clearly English, others continental. Two examples are a fireside scene illustrating a mother and child (and two others) seated in front of a fireplace with a hanging cauldron, and an illustration of an amorous couple enjoying a dance as a violinist plays stage left. The cards depict both black and white characters, all of whom are wealthy or of high status, including soldiers, bishops, and men and women in fashionable dress. At the top of one card above the head of a man who reads from a sheet as he addresses a woman who looks down demurely, are the words "Mio ben.". On the verso of two cards are inscriptions in English. The first shows a figure in Shakespearean-era costume on the front and on the back, a quote from Twelfth night (Act II, Scene 5): "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” A second shows a couple sitting across from each other with an empty table between and on the back three stanzas from William Cowper’s The Diverting History of John Gilpin, first published in 1782
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and In a later envelope inscribed 'Mlle. de Bernardy' and 'N. Anderson'.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Card games, and Social life and customs
BEIN AUSsheet88: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Uncut sheet of 16 court cards (A, K-J)., French suit system., Original design: Kings hold sceptres; Qeens: Flora; Venus; Juno; Diana; Jacks hold spears., and Aces: Montreux // Staubbach; Thune // Jungfrau; S. Bernhard // Lausanne; Tells Kapelle // S. Gotthard.
A small audience sitting on benches on a tribune next to the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici in Piazza della Signoria, watching a military parade of the guards of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Lorena (1765-1790), son of the Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg and brother of Joseph II. The soldiers, forming an L-shaped cordon and led by four battalion officers, are recognizable by their tricorns and the bayonets. At the center of the square, under the grand building of Palazzo Vecchio, stands a troop of drummers. Figures in the the foreground include a group of cavalrymen bearing a banner and followed by a cart on the right; a lady and gentleman waiting for a landau carriage at center; and a figure, maybe a soldier on look-out, watching the scene in Palazzo Uguccioni's shadow on the left
Description:
Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on artist's death date.
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Piazza della Signoria (Florence, Italy), and Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy),
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Equestrian statues, Military parades & ceremonies, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches