Raymond
W. Trowbridge negatives collection [nitrate only]
ca. 1923-1936
Description
of the collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center.
Storage: Box Lot
803 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 5 x 7
in. or smaller.
16 boxes
Accession
number: X.1665.1991
Bib
number: 0004869
Call
number: X.1665.1991 PNN
Restriction:
Nitrate negatives restricted from access, see reference copies instead.
Restriction:
To consult the glass negatives in this collection in the Research Center it is
necessary to make an advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ).
Terms
of use: Credit photographer.
Alternative
format available: Nitrate reference copies available
online http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_pp/id/1498
Biographical sketch:
Raymond W. Trowbridge came to Chicago in
1908 and practiced as an architect until 1923. After suffering from poor
health, he turned to photography and made commissions for both architectural
firms and private clients. He documented the interiors and exteriors of
hundreds of Chicago's buildings. He died at the age of fifty in 1936.
Description of the collection:
Black-and-white nitrate negatives
photographed by Raymond W. Trowbridge depict interior and exterior views of
Chicago’s built environment, primarily images of private clients’ residential homes.
Also includes commissioned portraits and a self-portrait of Trowbridge, sites
around Chicago, the University of Chicago campus, Brookfield Zoo, and Michigan.
See card index for glass negatives, located
in the Rights & Reproductions Dept., Chicago History Museum.
Container List:
Box #
Neg # Subject
Box 1
24 [1] Allerton
Club House, Michigan Av. & Huron St.
70 1-2 Temte Cottage
70 3 "Cheboygan,
Michigan"
70 4 Unidentified
music camp, bandshell
70 5 Downtown
parking lot, Van Buren & Wabash
79 A-E Tribune
Tower, from east
79 9,83,93 Tribune
Tower
138 1-6 Melstrom residence (interiors)
138 8-10 Champlain
Building
145 8-21 Elks
Memorial
151 [1] Petrolager Factory
159 1-7 New
York Times Square train (Pullman Co.)
159 1-6 Chicago
street car, 1934 (Pullman Co.)
164 9 David
Adler residence, Libertyville, IL
166 4-5 Mission
of the Good Shepherd, 2200 Grace St.
167 11-13 Sculpture,
Edouard Chassaing, 1935
167 [5] Sculpture,
Edouard Chassaing, 1935
Box 2
140 [4] Portrait
of a woman (Simpson)
140 [2] Portrait
of a woman
140 [1] Portrait
of a woman drinking beer
140 [6] Portrait
of a woman (Lee Straight)
140 321 [5] Lee
Straight Davis
140 321 [8] Gertrude
Orde, 1932
140 Copy negative of a house
((Harold Thompson)
140 Copy negative of a drawing of
a house (Melstrom)
140 Plans, Competition for
Yardstick House
140 Copy negative of a house
140 Copy portrait of a group of
people (Mr. Hobbs)
140 Copy portrait of Anna Lynch,
Nov. 1934
140 Mrs. Joe Bacon photographed by
Jos. Sigerist
140 Charn,
copy of a color print
140 Copy of a little girls print.
J.J. Whelan
140 Copy portrait of Mrs. Jessup
140 Copy portrait of a mother
& child (G. Lissau)
140 Portrait of a male
140 Copy of a portrait of a female
140 Copy
of a portrait of a female, Audrie, Copy Nov. 24/33
140 Copy of a portrait of a male,
Audrie, Copy Nov. 24/33
140 111 Copy
of a portrait of a female from Bacon.
Box 3
140 [5] Dr.
Hotchkiss, portrait
140 [2] Portrait
of a man
140 [1] Portrait
of a man (Howe)
140 [2] Portrait
of a man (Lichtenberger)
140 [12] Portrait
of a woman (T. King)
140 [3] Portrait
(Olive K. Sullivan)
140 [3] Portrait
of a man (C.C. Roundtree)
140 [3] Portrait
of a woman (Hauxhurst)
Box 4
140 [3] Portrait
of a man (August Haeffner)
140 [4] Portrait
of a woman (Bacon's friend)
140 [2] Portrait
of a woman (Olive Sullivan)
140 [2] Portrait
of a man, Dec. 1935 (Elevator D.P.)
140 [2] Group
portrait in front of Dental Products Co. Building
140 [1] Portrait
of a woman (T. King)
140 [1] Portrait
(Dr. Hotchkiss)
140 5, [2] Portrait
of a man (Hotchkiss)
140 [1] Horizontal
portrait of a man
140 [2] Portrait
of a male graduate
140 [1] Portrait
of a man
140 [2] Portrait
of a man (Holzer Jensen)
140 [2] Portrait
of a man (Howe)
140 [2] Portrait
of a man (Lichtenberger)
140 [1] Portrait
of a man (Kershaw)
Box 5
140 [3] Portrait
of a man (Kam Wong)
140 [4] Portrait
of a woman
140 [1] Portrait
of two women
140 [3] Portrait
of a man
140 [1] Portrait
of a woman (Haderly)
140 [3] Portrait
of Mr. Smith (National Restaurant Association)
140 [3] Portrait
of two women (Sullivan relatives)
140 [5] Portrait
(Chauncey McCormick son)
140 [2] Portrait
of a woman (Inhoff, 8/34)
140 [5] Portrait
of a male
140 [1] Horizontal
portrait of a man
140 [2] Portrait
of a male graduate
140 [1] Portrait
of a male wearing hat
Box 6
140 1 Portrait
of a man (Maelson)
140 [5] Portrait
of a man
140 [1] Portrait
of a man (horizontal)
140 5 Portrait
of a man with crossed hands
140 4 Portrait
of a man with folded hands
140 [3] Portrait
of a man (Kam Wong)
140 [11] Portrait
(Dorothy Sweany)
building and trees)
293 78 University
of Chicago: Campus Views (George Herbert Jones Laboratory)
293 79 University
of Chicago: Campus Views (Dinning hall
140 [6] Portrait
dancing (Dorothy Sweany)
248 5 Residence,
Glencoe (S.S. Beman)
Box 7
140 [1] Self
Portrait 1932 (Raymond W. Trowbridge)
140 [1] Self
Portrait 1932 POSITIVE (Raymond W. Trowbridge)
140 [1] Christmas
stockings above fireplace
140 [2] Portrait
(Morris Hobbs)
140 [4] Portrait
of a woman (Shulz-Wheeler Sammons)
140 [1] Portrait
of a man (Casper)
140 321[4] Portrait
(Ernie King, Dec.1932)
140 [1] Man
jumping on diving board
140 [3] Man
diving into water
140 [1] Man
with 2 children in pool
140 [1] Man
with 2 children at beach
140 [1] Unknown
baby portrait
140 [8] Portrait
(Oskar Hansen baby)
140 [2] Portrait
with woman (Hansen baby)
140 [1] Copy
of a portrait of a man
140 [1] Portrait
of a man (probably Maelson)
164 3 Town
& Country (Ed Hasler residence, Vine & Greenbay,
Lake Forest, Rose Arbor
291 11 F.W.
Cauly (1519 Hinnan Ave.,
Evanston)
Box 8
153 1 Unidentified
building, Miss Bruce
159 2-3,11,20-24,26-27 Aluminum railroad car (the George M. Pullman) at Century of
Progress taken for Samuel Marx
168 [2] Puroil, group portrait
168 10-14 Read
house, Chatanooga, Tenn. by Holoabird
& Roche
169 17-27 Read
house, Chatanooga, Tenn. by Holoabird
& Roche
170 4-7,14-17,20-22,24-35 Aragon Ballroom by Huszagh and Hill
175 1,4,5,12 L.E.
Meyers residence by Howard Shaw, Lake Geneva (Wis.)
Box 9
293 56-59,61-85 University of Chicago: Campus Views (Building & tree)
295 36,91,92 University
of Chicago: University Chapel
296 4,6-9,20,26-30,32 William B. Ittner, Inc.: Board of
Education, St. Louis, MO
36,53 Dayton schools
Box 10
304 9,11,13,14 Huszagh & Hill: New Lawrence Hotel (West Corridor)
18,21,23
312 1-4,6-10,12 Wolcott & Work: Wheller
Residence, Sterling IL.
13,22
316 1 Sides
Consruction Co.: Howard Stone Residence, 1934
Exterior from drive)
325 ? Doerr: Apt. at 7320 Phillips (Exterior)
325 6-9,11 Morris
Hobbs: Bertke Residence, Winnetka
325 1-8 Morris
Hobbs: Harmon Residence, Winnetka
327 1-3 Marshall
Field & Co. Wholesale: C.& E.I. Railroad car
#600 June 28, 1935
327 5,6 Marshall
Field & Co. Wholesale: C.& E.I. Railroad car
#478 June 28, 1935
327 1-6 Marshall
Field & Co. Wholesale: Illinois Central Dining
Car, Aug.18, 1934
339 ? Benedict
Stone Corp.: Baskin Building (Distant elevation
Hart Schaffer &
Marx- State Street)
347 1,5-7 Alder
& Work: Clow residence, Lake Forest 9/29
352 4 H.F.
Huber: 15 E. 40th St. N.Y. Oct. 1929
A.S. Jackson Residence
(2 unidentified young girls)
352 7 H.F.
Huber: A.S. Jackson Residence (2 unidentified young girls with 2 dogs)
367 1-13 George
Fred Keck: House of Tomorrow- Century of Progress
367 1-6,9-18
George Fred Keck: Crystal House- Century of Progress
374 84 Medina
Athletic Club: For Medina Club
(Archway with figures-
"this one" written on emulsion)
374 84 Medina
Athletic Club: For Medina Club (Archway with figures)
374 94 Medina
Athletic Club: For Medina Club (Stairway)
379 22-27 Milman & Morphet: Knollwood Country Club (Views of new
pool)
Box 11
389 13-18 Armstrong,
Furst & Tilton: McGregor Residence, Glencoe
393 1,2,4,5 Walter
R. Queenen: Powers residence
394 ?[2] Pierre
Blouke: Perrault (Table, chairs, and bay)
398 16-21 Walcott
& Works: Robert Works Residence, Barringtion
401 ?[11] Charles
J. Klander: R.R. Donnelly & Sons, Printing and
Binding Machinery, 2223 S. Parkway
401 6,8,10-12 Charles
J. Klander: 1420 Walnut St. Phila.
R.R.
Donnelly, Printing & Binding Machinery, 2223 S. Parkway
402 1-4 Max
Epstein: December, 1935 (Office interior)
402 5 Max
Epstein: December, 1935 (Portrait painting copy)
402 1-4 E.A.
Raventos: Marshall Fields
Wholesale, apartment
404 14-18 John
T. Pirie: 930 Rosemary Rd., Lake Forest
Hunting
Trophies (Animal heads-detail)
406 35-36 Morton-Farman,
Inc.: Harold Florsheim residence
1830 S.
Sheridan, Glencoe, July 1934 (Bedroom)
412 ? Century
of Progress (People and buildings)
412 1 Century
of Progress: Friestedt, 23rd bridge (Bridge with
cars)
412 2 Century
of Progress: Friestedt, 23rd bridge (Bridge without
cars)
412 10-12,29 Century
of Progress Buildings: Miss Alice Woodard
134 E. 74th
St. Murals & Sculpture
413 34-47 Edwin
H. Clark: Lake Forest Public Library, Sept.1936
Box 12
419 92-102 Watson
& Bouler: Unidentified
419 103-113 Watson
& Boaler: Lewis L. Cohen residence
266 Hazel
Ave., Highland Park
419 103 Watson
& Boaler: Lewis L. Cohen residence
266 Hazel
Ave., Highland Park (COPY)
420 ? Mt.
Vernon Ladies Association of America: Washington's
Mt. Vernon home (Pictorial)
420 ? Mt.
Vernon Ladies Association of America: Washington's
Mt. Vernon home (Buildings and bridge)
421 67 Granger
& Boelenbacher: Manteno State Hospital (Exterior)
424 2-26 Walcott
& Work: Owen Jones residence, Lake Forest
424 1-15,17-21 Walcott & Work: Evan's residence,
Libertyville
425 7-12 Scenic
425 ?[4] Scenic
(Singing tower)
Box 13
427 1-16 Lowenthal
Residence
428 1,3,5-9,11-34 Edwin H. Clark: Brookfield Zoo & Gardens
429 19 Rustic
Country Lodge (Living area)
430 4,5,9,10 Rudolph
P. Boehm: W.J. Deitrich residence, 9033 S. Hamilton
St.
430 18-24 Rudolph
P. Boehm: Albert Doerman residence, 9209 S.
Winchester
430 29 Rudolph
P. Boehm: Gerald Triezenberg residence, 9028 S.
Turner, Evergreen Park (Dining room)
430 40-44 Rudolph
P. Boehm: Unknown residence
431 60-63 Samuel
Marx: Max Epstein residence, Hubbard Woods
432 3 Misc.
Chicago Views: Michigan & North side of Chicago River, view North to
Allerton Hotel (also marked box 246- G&B)
432 4 Misc.
Chicago Views: View from Michigan North to Allerton Hotel (also marked
246-G&B)
433 1-10 Walcott
& Works: Hecht residence
434 1-3,5-15 Rinehimer Brothers Manufacturing Co.: Joseph Meyer Estate,
Dyer, Indiana
Box 14
DETERIORATED NITRATE NEGATIVES
178 5,7-9 Holabird
& Roche: Olds Hotel, Lansing Michigan
14-17, 19
185 16 D.H.
Burnham: Bringham Residence, Winnetka IL
186 11 Robert
E. DeGolyer: 1320 N. State St., Chicago IL
200 7 Criminal
Court Building, W. Illinois St., Chicago IL
200 29[2] Museum
of Science and Industry, Chicago
200 34C Chicago
Bank Building, LaSalle, Chicago IL
200 35A,B Pure
Oil Building (formerly Jewelers Bld.), Chicago, IL
205 8-10, Kenneth
W. Olson: National Sewing Machine Co.
14,17
?[4]
214 5 Edwin
H. Clark: George Buckingham residence,1400 Waukegan Rd.
241 7,8,10,12 Herbert
Riddle: Lucius Teter Estate, 1570 N. Waukegan Rd.
248 1-4 Gruenfeldt & Klaber: Jewish
Peoples Institute, 3500 Douglas Blvd.
250 ? Mrs.
Howard Linn: Vista del Largo, Wilmette
Box 15
DETERIORATED NITRATE NEGATIVES
299 1-5 Wolcott
& Work: Unknown residence
304 12,15 Huszagh & Hill: New Lawrence Hotel
17,22
387 2,4-6 Eugene
Tehrer: Whitcomb Hotel, St. Joseph MI
425 ?[3] Scenic
(Unknown place)
Box 16
UNIDENTIFIED NITRATE NEGATIVES
140 [1] Girl
in garden
140 [2] Girl
at piano
140 [1] Girl
at piano
140 [1] Portrait
of a man
140 [1] Portrait
of a man
140 [4] Woman
with ruffled scarf
140 Portrait of a man seated
140 50A Portrait
of a man
140 Portrait of a man at desk
(E.W. Carson)
140 1 Man
reading in easy chair
140 2 Woman
at radio
140 1 Couple
with dog
140 Portrait of a woman
140 1 Copy
of a miniature Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Lucille Stevenson Dairymple
140 1[2] Gate-
U.S. Naval Hospital (E.R. Baker)
140 1 Copy
of portrait/girl (Mrs. Grey)
140 1 Portrait
of young woman in lace blouse
140 1 Portrait
of a woman
140 1[2] Portrait
of man
140 1 Copy
of old portrait young woman (Harold Thompson)
140 Real estate dealer Dec. 1935,
63rd St.
140 43B Portrait
of a man (Inhelen)
140 43A Portrait
of a man (Rogers)
140 Copy of portrait of old man
(Lichtenberger)
140 Marquette Motor Oil billboard
(Ulman)
140 1[5] Copy
of a portrait of a woman (Adler)
140 1[3] Joe
Bacon's baby (Anderson and Segebath)
140 1,2 Oliver
Bagg portrait
140 [4] Portrait
of a man
140 [5] Young
man
140 [4] Young
woman
140 1,2 Woman
with a hat
This list prepared by Aaron Skog, February
7, 1991; revised by Dana M. Lamparello, 2017.