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Guide to the William Erwin Case, Sr. Photographs
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Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Case, William Erwin, Sr., 1874-1931 | |
| Title | William Erwin Case, Sr. Photographs, | |
| Dates: | 1897-1915 | |
| Abstract: | The William Erwin Case, Sr. Photographs (412 photographs, 1897-1915) document Mr. Case’s family and friends, neighborhood of Jamaica, his participation in the Jamaica Camera Club and more in the form of glass plate negatives, prints and lantern slides. | |
| Extent: | 412 photographs, 1.4 cubic feet | |
| Identification: | C-15 | |
| Location: | The material is located in the Archives at Queens Library. | |
Historical/Biographical Note
For much of his adult life William Erwin Case, Sr. was a real estate agent. However the contents of this collection come from his interest as an amateur photographer and member of the Jamaica Camera Club. Not much else is known about Mr. Case.
William E. Case was born in 1874 to the farmer William Benedict and Emma Eliza (Bartow) Case in Jamaica, New York. Coincidently, their neighbor was the Jamaica photographer, Charles Conklin. By 1900 William was living with his parents and brother Albin Roeckel at 45 Union Hall Street, Jamaica, New York. The federal census lists him as a lumber inspector. In 1904 William married Elizabeth Anna Watts. According to the 1910 Census, they live in East Amwell, NJ where they had a son William Erwin Case, Jr. By 1920 William became a real estate agent and moved to a home on 51 Union Hall Street, Jamaica, New York. By the 1930 census the family was living at 77 7th Street, Valley Stream, New York. The Jamaica Camera Club was an organization comprised of photographers from around Jamaica. Mr. Case was the Club's president in 1904.
Sources:Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Case, Gerard R. John Case, son of William Case and Eliza Seeley, and his descendants: William B. Case, William E. Case, Sr., and Albin R. Case and William E. Case, Jr., Jersey City, NJ, 1984.
William E. Case Photograph cas-000086, William E. Case Photographs, Queens Borough Public Library, Archives.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census.
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Scope and Content Note
The William Erwin Case, Sr. Photographs (412 photographs, 1897-1915) document Mr. Case’s family and friends, neighborhood of Jamaica, his participation in the Jamaica Camera Club and more in the form of glass plate negatives, prints and lantern slides.
Mr. Case’s family photographs contain images of his wife Elizabeth Anna (Watts) Case before and after they were married, her relatives the Watts, his mother’s relatives the Bartows, and friends the Homeyers and Halls.
Mr. Case took a number of photographs of scenes in Jamaica, including the First Presbyterian Church, volunteer firemen’s equipment, the interior and exterior of the First Reformed Church, the Union Hall Street bridge and more.
Mr. Case’s images documenting his participation in the Jamaica Camera Club include photographs he took on club excursions to Nassau Lake in Rensselaer County, the Catskills, New York, Newburgh, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Many of these are photographs of nature scenes. Also included are lantern slides of various locations around the world including a series of slides of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.
This group also contains images around Long Island including Valley Stream and Bayside.
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Arrangement
Physically, the photographs are organized by their format, then by size and put in alpha-numeric sequence cas-.
The photographs are not organized in any particular order.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Creator of item, date of item (if known), identification of item, if a photograph its control number. The William Erwin Case, Sr. Photographs, Archives at Queens Library, Queens Borough Public Library.
Provenance
The Library does not know how it obtained these photographs.
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions. Manuscripts are only available in the Archives at Queens Library, please call (718) 990-0770 for hours. Manuscript users will be required to complete the division's Manuscript Usage Form and show their photograph identification or Queens Borough Public Library card. The identification will be returned to the user after she/he has returned the material. Manuscript users will deposit all their personal items behind the reference desk. Manuscript users must use the division's loose sheets of paper for note taking. To reiterate, no pen of any type is permitted. Paper and a pencil are available upon request. Manuscript users may be required to use special handling procedures depending on the conditions of the material.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
- Archives at Queens Library
- Queens Borough Public Library
- 89-11 Merrick Boulevard
- Jamaica, NY 11432
- Phone: (718) 990-0770.
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Access Points
Subject Names:
- Case, William Erwin, Sr., 1874-1931
Subject Family Names:
- Case Family
Subject Organizations:
- Jamaica Camera Club
Subject Places:
- Jamaica (New York, N.Y.)
Document Types:
- Photographs
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Inventory
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
