Samuel Gottscho American architecture photographs and negatives3460599Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-15 18:34:56 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Samuel Gottscho American architecture photographs and negatives Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971 Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937 Litchfield, Electus D. (Electus Darwin), 1872-1952 Atterbury, Grosvenor Baum, Dwight James, 1886-1939 Pancoast, Russell T (Russell Thorn), 1899-1972 Weed, Robert Law Volk, John L Treanor & Fatio Peabody, Wilson & Brown 3460599 English . /repositories/3/resources/626 30,000 items negatives and prints 1925-1939 Arrangement

Images are arranged in the original numerical order assigned by Gottscho.

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 Summary

Approximately 30,000 negatives and prints of buildings primarily on the East Coast, designed by various architects, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Constitution Hall and the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., and several churches and houses, all designed by John Pope Russell; four houses by Electus D. Litchfield; houses and other projects by Grosvenor Atterbury; houses by Peabody, Wilson & Brown; the John Ringling mansion in Sarasota, Florida, among other houses, churches, and office buildings designed by Dwight James Baum; numerous houses and apartment buildings in Miami Beach, Florida, especially those by Russell T. Pancoast and Robert Law Weed; many other houses throughout Florida by architects such as John L. Volk and Treanor and Fatio; and many houses and estates located in suburbs of New York City, particulary Greenwich, Conn., Montclair, N.J., and Mt. Kisco, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, and South Hampton, N.Y.

 Preferred Citation

Samuel Gottscho American architecture : photographs and negatives. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1964.002.

 Biographical / Historical

Architectural photographer in New York City. Gottscho was also known for his photographs of flowers and gardens.

 Architectural photography Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) Architecture, Domestic -- Florida -- Miami Beach Architecture, Domestic -- Florida -- Sarasota Architecture, Domestic -- Connecticut -- Greenwich Architecture, Domestic -- New Jersey -- Montclair Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Mount Kisco Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Locust Valley Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Oyster Bay Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Southampton Architecture, Domestic -- Florida Architecture -- United States Buildings -- United States negatives (photographs) Photographic prints Photographers Constitution Hall (Washington, D.C.) National Archives (Washington, D.C.) John and Mable Ringling Mansion (Sarasota, Fla.) Baltimore Museum of Art