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Gerda Peterich, 1906-1974

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VC 23

2 boxes

About Gerda Peterich

Gerda Peterich (1906-1974) came to New Hampshire in 1959 and did an architectural survey and photographic studies of Manchester. She was a lecturer in Art History and Director of the Photographic Archives at Syracuse University from 1964 to 1968. During her career she was a photographer of dances and dancers, and a staff photographer for Dance Magazine. She was an associate in research at the George Eastman House, and was well known as a photographer of architecture, especially cobblestone architecture.

About the Gerda Peterich collection

The collection consists of 51 photographic prints of varying sizes. None are dated. The subjects are primarily dancers, seaside scenes, and other nature studies. In the list which follows, titles without brackets are those found on the prints; titles in parentheses are descriptions supplied by the Special Collections processor because the original print was unlabeled.

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Folder Listing

BOX 1
e.1 Hanya Holm, dancer (16 x 20)
e.2 Lang, dancer (16 x 20).
e.3 Doris Humphrey, dancer (16 x 20).
e.4 Trudi Goth, dancer (16 x 20).
e.5 Jose Limon, dancer (16 x 20).
e.6 Wilmer Goff (16 x 20).
e.7 Fisherman’s Monument (16 x 20).
e.8 Port docking Annie II, Boston (16 x 20).
e.9 Rockport, Massachusetts (16 x 20).
e.10 Rockport, Massachusetts (16 x 20).
e.11 Dockside damage (14.5 x 17.5).
e.12 Lake Michigan Driftwood (16 x 20).
e.13 Lake Michigan Driftwood (16 x 20).
e.14 View of ocean floor (16 x 20).
e.15 Beach growth (16 x 20).
e.16 Waterfall (16 x 20).
e.17 Sky (16 x 20).

BOX 2
e.1 At the Baltic Sea (16 x 20).
e.2 Reflections of trees in water (16 x 20).
e.3 Insect (16 x 20).
e.4 Haymaking (15 x 19).
e.5 Haymaking, Upstate New York (15 x 19).
e.6 Haymaking (15 x 19).
e.7 Haymaking (15 x 19).
e.8 House (15 x 19).
e.9 Fisherman’s storage area (16 x 20)
e.10 House (15 x 19).
e.11 Interior of House (11 x 14).
e.12 Portico (11 x 14).
e.13 Cathedral (9.5 x 13.5).
e.14 Woman (11 x 14).
e.15 Dancer (11 x 14).
e.16 Fishnetting rolls on dock (11 x 11).
e.17 Fishnetting laid out on a dock (11×11).
e.18 Pier (11 x 11).
e.19 View of fishing village from docks (11×11).
e.20 Mast (11 x 11).
e.21 Mast (11 x 11).
e.22 Rocks (11 x 11).
e.23 Rocks and water (8 x 10).
e.24 Sky (8 x 8).
e.25 Cloud formations (7.5 x 7.75).
e.26 Cloud formations (8 x 8.75).
e.27 Beach (7.75 x 8).
e.28 Reflections of trees on water (8 x 8).
e.29 Rocks (8 x 8).
e.30 Rocks (8 x 8).
e.31 Rocks (8 x 8 1/4).
e.32 Pottery stacked on a table (6.5 x 6.25).
e.33 Fly infested fish lying on a dock (6 x 6.25).
e.34 1938 Paman (?) (5.25 x 5.5).

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