Robert Bingham Negatives and Album Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 882 negatives, 4 photographic albums, 11 photographs, and one book. The images include family photographs, pictures from the University of Redlands, and travel photographs, especially from Mexico.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1940
Language of Materials
English
Publication Rights
Use of images in publication is subject to the approval of Robert Bingham’s descendants, who the museum will contact on author’s behalf.
Access Conditions
All items in the collection are available for on-site viewing by appointment.
Biography
Riverside physician Dr. Robert Bingham was a nationally known camera collector and founder of the Western Photographic Collectors Association, whose donation began the formation and founding of the California Museum of Photography.
Extent
2 boxes (One box containing 882 negatives, and 10 photographs: 2 Polaroid, 7 smaller photographs, two 9.5 x 8 photographs. The second box contains 4 albums, and one book, The Effects of Atomic Bomb on Health and Medical Services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.)
Abstract
This collection contains photographs taken by Robert Bingham. It includes negatives, a few loose photographs, and photographs encased in four different albums. There is also a book titled, The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Health and Medical Services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two boxes: Negatives and Photographs, and Photographic Albums and Book.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Ann Bingham Freeman.
- Title
- Robert Bingham Negatives and Album Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lauren Dubell
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the California Museum of Photography Repository
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Riverside 92521 USA US
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