Cabinet photographs

Scope and Content Note The Frick Family Photograph Albums date from the 1880s to the 1970s, and include formal studio portraits, candid snapshots, souvenir photographs, and published images visually documenting members of the Frick family and their social circle. These images give information about the family's modes of dress, residences, hobbies and pastimes, pets, and travel throughout Europe and the United States, as well as Egypt, Mexico, and Cuba. Photographers of note include B.L.H. Dabbs, Napoleon Sarony,...

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Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This collection consists of photographs, circa 1850s-1989 and undated, of Frick and his family, as well as images of their friends, relatives, and others. This collection also contains images of Frick family residences, travels both in the United States and abroad, and other locations associated with the family.

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The international artists featured in this growing collection include painters, sculptors and muralists born in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their images were captured by various photographers and printmakers in a variety of settings and portrait styles. Formats include cabinet cards, postcards, prints on paper, and photographs. Seven of the photographs were signed by the artists, four of which were personally addressed to Mrs. Adelaide Frick (wife of Henry Clay Frick).