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Archibald Slaymaker Glass Plate Negative Collection

Archibald Slaymaker Glass Plate Negative Collection

 

Archibald Slaymaker (1867-1939), the son of Amos Barr Slaymaker, owned and operated the Slaymaker-Whittier Dry Goods Store in Clarke's Gap, Virginia. The Archibald Slaymaker Collection includes carte de visite photographs, black and white prints, and glass plate negatives. The collection is largely family-centric, documenting the home and social life of the Slaymaker family in Virginia's Albemarle County at the turn of the 20th century. The collection also includes the typescript of a Slaymaker family history in the 20th century written by Addison Slaymaker, a Tampa resident and the donor of this historic photograph collection.

There are 19 carte de visite photographs in the collection, including shots of Jefferson and Varina Davis, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, John S. Mosby, Braxton Bragg, as well as other Confederate officers. There are also 31 black and white prints and 39 extant glass plate negatives that feature members of the Slaymaker family, African American children and families, houses, and buildings in Clarke's Gap. 46 of the original glass plate negatives have been digitized and are available online.

Invented and patented by Paris photographer Andre Disderi in 1854, the carte de visit, or card photograph, is a small photographic print, usually consisting of an albumen print mounted onto card stock. Carte de Visites are 2⅛ by 3½ inches, with paper mounts running slightly larger at 2½ by 4 inches. The process of creating and mounting cartes de visite did not become common in America until the 1860s, but by the Civil War they were enormously popular. Cartes de visite of notable figures became popular collector's items; on the home front, these portable portraits provided family keepsakes.

This collection includes fragile materials. Please contact Special Collections for more information on accessing the physical collection or use the digital surrogates available here.

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  • Amos and Archibald "Archie" Slaymaker on their Porch by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Amos and Archibald "Archie" Slaymaker on their Porch

  • Amos and Archie Slaymaker by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Amos and Archie Slaymaker

  • Amos Barr Slaymaker by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Amos Barr Slaymaker

  • Amos, Elizabeth, and Hannah Slaymaker by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Amos, Elizabeth, and Hannah Slaymaker

  • Amos Slaymaker by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Amos Slaymaker

  • Amos Slaymaker and His Three Daughters by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Amos Slaymaker and His Three Daughters

  • Arched Bridge across a Wooded Valley in Virginia by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Arched Bridge across a Wooded Valley in Virginia

  • Archibald Shoemaker by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Archibald Shoemaker

  • Black Boy and Girl Holding Milking Pails by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Black Boy and Girl Holding Milking Pails

  • Black Boy outside of the Slaymaker Home by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Black Boy outside of the Slaymaker Home

  • Black Boy Stands in a Cow Pasture by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Black Boy Stands in a Cow Pasture

  • Black Family by a Fence by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Black Family by a Fence

  • Black Man Operates a Pole-driven Ferry across the James River by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Black Man Operates a Pole-driven Ferry across the James River

  • Black Woman Leaning on a Fence by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Black Woman Leaning on a Fence

  • Cattle Herded Down the Street of a Small Town by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Cattle Herded Down the Street of a Small Town

  • Church Built with Albemarle County River Rocks by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Church Built with Albemarle County River Rocks

  • Confederate Memorial on the Snowy Corner of 5th Avenue and Main Street in Albemarle County, Virginia by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Confederate Memorial on the Snowy Corner of 5th Avenue and Main Street in Albemarle County, Virginia

  • Dog Wading in a Small Pond Surrounded by a Fence by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Dog Wading in a Small Pond Surrounded by a Fence

  • Hannah Slaymaker by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Hannah Slaymaker

  • Hannah Slaymaker and a Friend by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Hannah Slaymaker and a Friend

  • Hannah Slaymaker and her Children by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Hannah Slaymaker and her Children

  • Hannah Slaymaker Stands Beside her Mother, Elizabeth by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Hannah Slaymaker Stands Beside her Mother, Elizabeth

  • Hannah Slaymaker's Two Young Children by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Hannah Slaymaker's Two Young Children

  • Large Fireplace in a Room in Amos Slaymaker's Home by Archibald Clarke Slaymaker

    Large Fireplace in a Room in Amos Slaymaker's Home

 
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