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Collection of photographs of New York City, New York State and more by Max Hubacher.

Title
Collection of photographs of New York City, New York State and more by Max Hubacher.
Author
Hubacher, Max Henry, 1900-1989
Publication
1917-1971

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Details

Description
9.5 linear feet (24 boxes).
Summary
Photographs by Max Hubacher, including approximately 5700 loose black and white photoprints and nine scrapbooks, dated 1917 to 1971, of scenes near his home in Long Island, in New York City, and documenting his travels throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States.
Subject
  • Hubacher family
  • Löffel family
  • Northern Pacific Railway Company
  • Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
  • New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
  • Cable cars (Streetcars) > Photographs
  • California Zephyr (Express train) > Photographs
  • Historic buildings > United States > Photographs
  • Local transit > New York (State) > New York > Photographs
  • Railroads > United States > Photographs
  • Arches National Park (Utah) > Photographs
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colo.) > Photographs
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Photographs
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Photographs
  • Canada > Photographs
  • Colorado National Monument (Colo.) > Photographs
  • Europe > Photographs
  • Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.) > Photographs
  • Long Island (N.Y.) > Photographs
  • Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Photographs
  • New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) > Photographs
  • Queens (New York, N.Y.) > Photographs
  • Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) > Photographs
  • Switzerland > Photographs
  • United States > Buildings, structures, etc. > Photographs
  • United States > Photographs
  • Yellowstone National Park > Photographs
Genre/Form
  • Black-and-white prints (photographs)
  • Scrapbooks.
Note
  • Also includes photographs dated 1883-1916, which Hubacher reprinted from old Swiss negatives made by an unknown family photographer.
Contents
Box 1-15. Loose photographs arranged by location and then date -- Box 16-24. Scrapbooks arranged alphabetically by title.
Call Number
AZ 13-3600
OCLC
853621731
Author
Hubacher, Max Henry, 1900-1989, photographer.
Title
Collection of photographs of New York City, New York State and more by Max Hubacher.
Production
1917-1971
Type of Content
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Biography
Max Henry Hubacher was a chemist, local historian, and amateur photographer who was born in Bern, Switzerland and later emigrated to the United States, where he lived in West Virginia and New York.
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Finding Aid
Research Call Number
AZ 13-3600
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