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Small personal diary used by H. G. Olds while working as an apprentice at the Platt Gallery.

The fond is divided into three main sections. The first one refers to the “North American trunk” and the second to the commercial work in Argentina. The first section contains Olds' correspondence with his parents and friends between 1876 and 1904, family photographs and photographs of his early work in the United States, glass plates, ferrotypes and albumen prints. Also notebooks, a personal diary, hundreds of positive photographs on paper with records of his initial 1889 trip between New York and Valparaiso.
With respect to his commercial work in Argentina, two major groups can be distinguished in his professional work: on the one hand, commercial and institutional photography on commission, and on the other, the “general collection”. The latter consists of a series of images that Olds took at will and then offered for sale. These negatives on glass and cellulose nitrate plates Olds organized them in the manner of what we know as an image bank. This was identified in five different ways. In his first period, from about 1899 until late in the first decade of the twentieth century, he pasted a thin strip of translucent paper over the emulsion; from 1915 onwards he seemed to engrave the letters in red, also on the emulsion side, and later he used India ink with a neat freehand typography. These three ways correspond mostly to what are called types and customs, which include views, portraits and scenes. Clearly differentiated is the other part of the commissioned archive, which is a record of the Argentine countryside at the beginning of the 20th century. Here Olds labeled the negatives, using in some cases numbering done with a sharpie and in others, red ink. Some of these plates have up to three different numbers at the base of the image.
The third section gathers documentation on Harry Grant Olds gathered by the various owners of the archive and researchers who consulted it. It is worth mentioning a collection of postcards gathered by John Waldsmith and Alfredo Srur with photos of Olds.

Hoja manuscrita por Olds con un índice numerado y descriptivo de las imágenes tomadas durante su viaje.

Notebook filled with formulas applied by H. G. Olds during his career. Many of them were learned while working at G. M. Elton’s gallery.

"144. INTERIOR CHACARITA - BUENOS AIRES, S. A.".
Cemetery View.
Format: 25.4 X 20.3 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide

"74. MONUMENTO GENL. BELGRANO - BUENOS AIRES, S. A.".
Format: 20,3 X 25,4cm
Photographic process: gelatin-bromine silver

"78. TIPO POPULAR - Bs. As.".
Portrait of a street vendor in front of the Colón Theater.
Format: 20 X 25 cm.
Photographic process: silver gelatine

Portrait of two young men seated at the Bishop studio in Sandusky, Ohio, on the right H. G. Olds.
Format: 8 x 12 cm
Photographic process: tintype

"94. BALNEARIO - Bs. As."
Costanera Sur, seated man looks at the river.
Format: 20 X 25 cm Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide

"117. VISTA EN LA BOCA - BUENOS AIRES, S. A."
Format: 20,3 X 25,4cm
Photographic process: gelatin-bromine silver

"119. INTERIOR DE LA IGLESIA RUSA - BUENOS AIRES, S. A."
Format: 20,3 X 25,4 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

"121. ALMUREZO EN EL CAMPO - MARCOS PAZ, PROV. BUENOS AIRES, S. A."
Format: 20,3 X 25,4 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

"127. UN RANCHO".
Portrait of a woman and two girls drinking mate in front of a straw hut.
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

“165. CASA PARTICULAR”
Format: 20 x 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

“190. DARSENA NORTE - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

“192. ESTATUA EN LA RECOLETA - Bs. As.”
Fugitive Diana sculpture, originally located in Tres de Febrero Park.
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

"205. VISTA DE LOS DEPOSITOS DE LA ADUANA - BUENOS AIRES, S. A."
Puerto Madero.
Format: 20,3 X 25,4 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

"207. BOMBEROS DE LA CAPITAL, BOCA - BUENOS AIRES, S. A.".
Format: 20,3 X 25,4 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

“201. EDIFICIO KAVANAGH - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatine-silver bromide

“266. CALLE FLORIDA - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

“289. HIPODROMO ARG. - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

310. VISTA PANORAMICA - Bs. As.
     View of the Güemes Gallery and Gath & Chaves.
     Format: 20 X 25 cm
     Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

Portrait of a young H. G. Olds with his brother Charles, possibly at the Bishop studio in Sandusky (Ohio) where he
began his photographic career.
Format: 8.5 x 6 cm.
Photographic process: tintype

“612. MANISERO - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

“648. CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS - Bs. As.”
Formato: 20 X 25 cm
Proceso fotográfico: gelatino-bromuro de plata

"Calle Carampangue."
Path with railings going up the hill.
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm. Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

“648. CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

648. CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS - Bs. As.”
     Format: 20 X 25 cm
     Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

“898. PLAZA COLON - Bs. As.”
Format: 20 X 25 cm
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"Calle Templeman".
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm.
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"Calle Esmeralda".
View of a cobbled street with commercial premises.
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm.
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"Asensor de Cerro Cordillera."
Elevator and stairs to Cordillera hill.
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm. Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

Otter hunter faena for the hide, next to a sheet metal ranch in the field. Possesses original Olds copy stamp inscription on verso: “737” Format: 24 x 19 cm. Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"[Calle] Cumming".
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm.
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"[Cemeterio Catolico]".
Group of people at the Catholic Cemetery.
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm.
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"Carro Urbano 30."
H. G. Olds with other passengers in the wagon of the tram number 30.
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm.
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

"3 graces".
Three donkeys and a man.
Format: 12 X 9,5 cm.
Photographic process: gelatin-silver bromide.

Inscription on the front: “Vista Buenos Aires, S.A.”. Panoramic aerial view of the city from microcentro. The Colón Theater and the Congress can be seen. It has original Olds copy stamp inscribed on the back: “842, Panoramic view of Buenos Aires”

“135 - Bullock Cart. Argentina” Editing data: Photo. H. G. Olds. Mitchell's. 580 Cangallo 578 Buenos Aires Format: 14 x 9 cm. Process: photomechanical printing.

"Consejo Nacional Biblioteca - Buenos Aires". Sala de la bilbioteca con lectores. Edificio de la calle México?
Formato: 25,4 X 20,3 cm
Proceso fotográfico: gelatino-bromuro de plata

Caravana de carretas tiradas por caballos
Formato: 25,4 X 20,3 cm
Proceso fotográfico: gelatino-bromuro de plata

Hombre posa con canasto y una hoz en un camino arbolado atardecer?
Formato: 25,4 X 20,3 cm
Proceso fotográfico: gelatino-bromuro de plata