Mary Tanner Waldack Photographic Collection
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Mary Tanner Waldack Photographic Collection
- Date
- circa 1880s-1890s (inclusive)
- Creator
- Waldack, Mary Tanner, b. 1847
- Extent
- 0.03 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Women photographers
- Preferred Citation
- 2020av009 : [identification of item], Mary Tanner Waldack Photographic Collection, circa 1880s-1890s, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Photographer Mary Tanner Waldack (b. 1847) was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, to Andrew Tanner and Nancy Wilson Tanner. She married Belgian photographer Charles Waldack (who was 20 years her senior) between 1870 and 1880. Charles Waldack (1829-1882) notably used magnesium and gunpowder flash to photograph Mammoth Cave in 1866. Mary took over Charles' studio in Cincinnati in 1881 after he left on an extended visit to Belgium, where he died in 1882. Mary Tanner Waldack owned and operated the studio until at least 1893.
- Scope and Content
- The Mary Tanner Waldack Photographic Collection (dated circa 1880s-1890s; 0.03 cubic feet; 1 box) comprises collected photographs taken by photographer Mary Tanner (Mrs. Charles) Waldack in Cincinnati, Ohio at her studio at Liberty and Vine Streets.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Photographs, circa 1880s-1890s
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