Loeb Photography Collection Finding Aid MS363

Loeb Photography Collection Finding Aid MS363


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Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business Number: 703-746-1791
lhsc@alexlibraryva.org
URL: http://alexlibraryva.org/lhsc

Adrian Vaagenes

Repository
Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library
Identification
MS363
Title
Loeb Photography Collection (MS363) 1888-1941
URL:
https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/5
Quantity
3.05 Linear Feet, 8 boxes, 320 folders
Condition Description
Glass plates are fragile, and paper copies should be used when possible. If necessary, photos and negatives are to be handled with untreated nitrile or latex gloves.
Creator
Loeb, Morris, 1878-1969
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[item identification], Loeb Photography Collection, MS363, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Morris Loeb was a photographer in Alexandria for 55 years on 418 King street. Born Morris Leibowitz in Russia, April 1st 1878, Morris was trained in photography before coming to America with his wife Dora in 1906 and was naturalized in 1914.  Morris worked with the Harris and Ewing photography studio in Washington D.C. before opening his own studio in Alexandria in 1909. He retired in 1864, and died July 31st, 1969 in Harrisburg, PA at the age of 91. He was a member of the Washington Masonic Lodge No. 22, the Alexandria Scottish Rite Temple, a charter member of the Kena Temple Shrine, and a founding member of the Agudas Achim Congregation. He had four children: Eva Cohn, Sara Hamburger, Jennebelle Weinstein, and Joseph Loeb.

Content Description

The collection contains photographs and negatives predominantly of historic Alexandria buildings and civic life from the 1910's to the 1940's. A small number of prints are from the late 19th century. The collection is made up of black and white prints and acetate negatives, with a small number of glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides. The collection has been split into two series.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Container List

Series I: Prints
1888-1941
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Series II: Negatives
1888-1941
Scope and Contents

This series contains glass plate negatives, lantern slides, and acetate negatives. The content and numbers correspond with Series 1. The negatives are predominantly centered around historic buildings within Alexandria, and are chiefly from the 1920's and 1930's.

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