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Presumed Voorhees collection of glass plate negatives

6x24-inch panoramic negative of Crater Lake
1909-10 6x36-inch panoramic negative of Gold Ray Dam by E. Anderson of A.M. Photo Co.
3x15-inch panoramic negative of Medford houses and garden, dubiously labeled “Front Street? Ca 1918-20?”
Circa 1900 4x5 glass negatives in M. A. Seed Dry Plate Company box. Subjects: two young girls pose; small boy and dog pose next to stack of firewood, with cloth backdrop; baby on crocheted afghan; baby with lace backdrop; baby in pressback rocking chair, Japanese screen backdrop; husband in wife in classic pose; toddler and dog pose outdoors; family in outdoor informal pose: four adults, six small children; boy and firewood again, boy in Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit; toddler poses holding straw sun hat; three children in farmyard, girl with crocheted shawl, boy with overalls with ripped knees; man with rifle poses stiffly on horse in woods; same man standing next to horse in woods
Circa 1900 5x7 glass negatives in M. A. Seed Dry Plate Company box, “Negatives” handwritten in pencil on box. Some have studio index number written on margin. Subjects: Three small children in finery, formal studio pose; blurry baby on comforter; family poses standing on porch, three adults, teenage boy and girl; baby in high chair with fruit, hands of parent reaching out visible on edge of frame; same baby, same apple, no hands; young man on bicycle beside house; studio poses of young couple with baby; mother and daughter pose outdoors, mother with glasses and sheet music; toddler above photographer in tree; ambiguous negative, probably water rushing around boulders
Circa 1900 5x7 glass negatives in M. A. Seed Dry Plate Company box, “Plates” handwritten in pencil on box. Subjects: Mother and four children in front of tent (4x5); young woman strikes a pose, hand on hip, in front of porch, bicycle wheel visible in background (4x5); house with wraparound porch; woman on horse with foal, house in background; two-story house, person visible in doorway to upstairs porch; woman poses with dog sitting on stump; young man with hat poses with dog in front of porch; cow and calf in front of ramshackle barn; shots of race horse; man in hat poses with horse in front of house; woman holding dog poses with horse in front of houses; woman with dog on lap poses with horse and rosebushes—horse cropped out with black paper
Circa 1900 3x5 glass negatives in envelopes. Subjects: Interior of mine (two exposures); small lumber mill beside railroad tracks, as seen from hillside (Jacksonville?)
Circa 1900 5x8 glass negatives. Likely by A. E. Voorhies, Grants Pass area. Subjects: Thirteen farm workers (and one baby) in work clothes and hats pose beside barn; camping family poses in front of tents; woman poses in front of foliage; baby on draped chair; rabbits and chicks; ten member (mostly) brass band poses in beards and whimsical clothing; eight small children pose outdoors; woman in picture hat among hop vines (three exposures); photo of cabinet card of young woman; studio pose of three altar boys in costume with magazines instead of hymnbooks; studio pose of four children; mother bathing baby in bowl on chair

Location
M45 E 4
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