Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Spira 19th and 20th century foreign language photography publications
Dénomination générale des documents
- Document textuel
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Collection
Dépôt
Cote
F 2008.004
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
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Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1866-1975 (Production)
- Producteur
- Spira, Jonathan
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1880-1930 (Production)
- Producteur
- Spira, Fred, Mr., 1924-2007
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
4.57 m of published material
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Fred Spira was a photographic historian, collector and business owner who was one of the founders of Spiratone, a photographic business that he began with his family in 1941 as a lab for film development in New York. The business grew into a multi-million dollar business that manufactured and sold affordable photographic equipment. The company became publicly traded when it merged with Interphoto in 1967, it was then eventually bought out by Argus and closed in the early 1990's. Spira retired from the business in 1987.
Spira collected photographic literature and ephemera throughout his life, eventually amassing 10,000 books and 20,000 pieces of photographic equipment, including rare cameras and viewing devices such as and 1861 Ross-Sutton wet plate Panoramic camera and the 1896 Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co. Revolving Disc Sciopticon. These items and others from the collection were exhibited at the George Eastman House Museum in 1980. The collection also served as the basis for the 2001 book "The History of Photography: as Seen Through the Eyes of the Spira Collection", written by Fred Spira and his son, Jonathan Spira and published by Aperture.
Portions of the Spira library were acquired by the Ryerson Library and Archives in 2006 and 2008, and the photographic camera and ephemera was sold after Spira's death in 2007 and now forms the basis of the Photographic Technology collection at the Qatar Museums Authority.
Historique de la conservation
The books were originally part of the Spira Collection's library, collected by Fred Spira in support of his photographic ephemera collection.
Portée et contenu
The collection contains books and bound periodicals on the subject of photography. Subjects include instructional guides, process descriptions, art photography, early photographic chemistry and product catalogues. Some publications include tipped in photogrpahs. TThe primary language of the collection is German, with a few Spanish, Russian, Czech, and Japanese publications.
Periodicals include:
Allgemeine Photographische Zeitung (January 1924-December 1926)
Photofreund (1924)
Photofreund Jahrbuch (1924-1934)
Photographische Archiv (1866, 1871-1891)
Photographische Correspondenz (1878, 1889-1908, 1928, 1932, 1947-1951)
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
The collection was acquired by Ryerson University Library and Archives from Jonathan Spira, son of collector Fred Spira.
Classement
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Note de langue et graphie
The primary language of the collection is German, with a few Spanish, Russian, Czech, and Japanese publications.
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Instruments de recherche
Éléments associés
The Spira Collection: http://www.spiracollection.com
Photographic Technology Collection: Qatar Museums Authority http://www.qma.com.qa/en/collections/photography/photographic-technology
Accroissements
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Zone du numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
- Photography (process)
- Photography--Early works to 1850
- image making equipment » Photographic equipment
- Photography--Equipment and supplies--Catalogs
- Photography--Equipment and supplies » Photography--Films
- Photography--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Photography--Information resources
- Photographic Chemistry » Photography--Processing
- Photography--Studios and dark rooms
- Photogtaphy--History--19th century
- Photogtaphy--History--20th century
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Mots-clés - Genre
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Identifiant de la description du document
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Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision et de suppression
Langue de la description
Langage d'écriture de la description
Sources
Objet numérique - métadonnées
Nom du fichier
Spira_banner.jpg
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Image
Type MIME
image/jpeg