Special Collections
Series 7: Photographs 1890-1935
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This series includes more than 3,000 prints by Clifton Johnson. He extensively photographed the rural areas of New England, especially the Hadley and Hockanum areas of western Massachusetts. Johnson especially focused on the farmer at work and rural children at play and in school. A portion of photographs covers nearly every state in America except Hawaii and Alaska. Johnson also traveled to Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands. Many of his photographs are published in articles and books by Johnson. Also in this series are 1,300 glass plate negatives, 800 interpositives and film negatives, and approximately 60 lantern slides. |