%xmlchars; ]> ms2115 Guide to the Nathaniel Moone photograph collection, 1889-1910 Special Collections and University Archives, The George Washington University Special Collections and University Archives, The Gelman Library, The George Washington University 2006
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Washington, D.C.
Special Collections Staff, 2006 Jennifer King, 2006

copyright 2006 The George Washington University. All rights reserved.

 Descriptive Summary Moone, Nathaniel Nathaniel Moone photograph collection, 1889-1910 MS2115 1 Linear foot Photographs were reproduced from 167 glass-plate negatives discovered by Mr. Moone in a townhouse on Fifth Street, NE, after the structure suffered a fire in 1977. The Gelman Library provided space for the first major exhibit of the photos in 1982. The identity of the photographer remains in question, but evidence indicates that they were likely taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston who was a well known photographer of Washington and its political figures during the period 1889-1910 and beyond. Many of the photos are of government officials during the McKinley and Roosevelt terms. The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, Special Collections and University Archives
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 Historical or Biographical Note

Nathaniel Moone discovered 167 glass-plate negatives in a townhouse on Fifth Street, NE, after the structure suffered a fire in 1977.

 Collection Scope and Content

The photographs were reproduced from 167 glass-plate negatives discovered by Mr. Moone in a townhouse on Fifth Street, NE, after the structure suffered a fire in 1977. The Gelman Library provided space for the first major exhibit of the photos in 1982. The identity of the photographer remains in question, but evidence indicates that they were likely taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston who was a well known photographer of Washington and its political figures during the period 1889-1910 and beyond. Many of the photos are of government officials during the McKinley and Roosevelt terms. An entire series consists of photos of the Lake Mohonk resort in Lake Mohonk, New York, which was a favorite retreat of President Theodore Roosevelt and other cultural elite during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection consists of 168 photos. It is divided into six series: Maryland; Lake Mohonk, NY; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Unidentified; and Portraits.

The Special Collections Department at Gelman Library acquired the Nathaniel H. Moone Collection in 1995.

 Collection Organization

Organized into six series: Maryland; Lake Mohonk, NY; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Unidentified; and Portraits.

 Subject Terms Individuals Moone, Nathaniel Johnston, Frances Benjamin Corporate Entities Topics Nathaniel Moone photograph collection McKinley, William Roosevelt, Theodore Geographic Locations Washington (D.C.) Maryland Mohonk Lake (N.Y.) Virginia Detailed Description of the Records MS2115 Series 1 Maryland, 1889-1910 1 Linear foot

This series consists of photographs of bridges, churches, civil war monuments, and statues in Maryland.

The materials range in date from 1889-1910.

 1 Maryland, undated

1 1 Bridges--Burnside Bridge (Sharpsburg, MD), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-11-PRI

 1 2 Churches--Dunkard Church, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-16-PRI

 1 3 Civil War Monuments--Antietam, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-12-PRI

 1 4 Civil War Monuments--Antietam, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-13-PRI

 1 5 Civil War Monuments--Antietam, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-14-PRI

 1 6 Statues-- "Old Simon" (?, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-15-PRI

 MS2115 Series 2 Lake Mohonk, NY, 1889-1910 1 Linear foot

This series consists of photographs of resorts in Lake Mohonk, NY.

The materials range in date from 1889-1910.

 1 Lake Mohonk, N.Y., undated

1 7 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-59-PRI

 1 8 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-65-PRI

 1 9 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY)--Monuments, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-62-PRI

 1 10 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY)--View of Gazebo, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-67-PRI

 1 11 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY)--View of Gazebo and Hotel, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-60-PRI

 1 12 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY)--View of Lake, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-61-PRI

 1 13 Resorts--Lake Mohonk (NY)--Washington Profile House, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-66-PRI

 MS2115 Series 3 Virginia, 1889-1910 1 Linear foot

This series consists of photographs of Mount Vernon in Virginia. The materials range in date from 1889-1910.

 1 Virginia, undated

1 14 Mount Vernon (VA)--Events--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-84-PRI

 1 15 Mount Vernon (VA)--George Washington's Tomb, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-83-PRI

 1 16 Mount Vernon (VA)--Portraits--Group, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-81-PRI

 1 17 Mount Vernon (VA)--Portraits--Group, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-85-PRI

 1 18 Mount Vernon (VA)--View from SE, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-82-PRI

 MS2115 Series 4 Washington, DC, 1889-1910 1 Linear foot

This series consists of photographs of aerial photographs, apartment houses, buildings, Capitol, dwellings, embassy buildings, events, galleries and museums, hotels, libraries, plazas, and White House in Washington, DC.

The materials range in date from 1889-1910.

 1 Washington, D.C., undated

1 19 Aerial Photographs--Bridges--The Long Bridge, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-102-PRI

 1 20 Aerial Photographs--NE view of Old Post Office and Capitol from Washington Monument, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-111-PRI

 1 21 Aerial Photographs--NE view of Old Post Office and Capitol from Washington Monument, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-112-PRI

 1 22 Aerial Photographs--Tidal Basin, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-101-PRI

 1 23 Aerial Photographs--View of Capitol from Washington Monument, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-109-PRI

 1 24 Aerial Photographs--View of Capitol from Washington Monument, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-110-PRI

 1 25 Aerial Photographs--View of Mall and city from Washington Monument, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-93-PRI

 1 26 Aerial Photographs--View of Washington Monument and White House from Cairo Hotel, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-103-PRI

 1 27 Aerial Photographs--View of Wyoming Apartments, above Connecticut Avenue and Columbia Road, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-86-PRI

 1 28 Apartment Houses--The Concord, 1701 Oregon Avenue NW, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-89-PRI

 1 29 Buildings--Public--Old Executive Office Building, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-100-PRI

 1 30 Buildings--Public--Treasury--North Front Steps, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-87-PRI

 1 31 Capitol--Rotunda--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-6-PRI

 1 32 Capitol--Rotunda--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-7-PRI

 1 33 Capitol--West Steps, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-8-PRI

 1 34 Dwellings--Blaine, James G. Mansion, 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-123-PRI

 1 35 Dwellings--Blaine, James G. Mansion, 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-124-PRI

 1 36 Dwellings--Blaine, James G. Mansion, 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-125-PRI

 1 37 Dwellings--Blaine, James G. Mansion, 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-126-PRI

 1 38 Dwellings--Blaine, James G. Mansion, 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-127-PRI

 1 39 Embassy Buildings--Mexican Legation--1413 I Street NW, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-58-PRI

 1 40 Events--British Legation--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-34-PRI

 1 41 Events--British Legation--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-56-PRI

 1 42 Events--Capitol--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-75-PRI

 1 43 Events--Capitol--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-76-PRI

 1 44 Events--Capitol--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-77-PRI

 1 45 Events--Capitol--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-78-PRI

 1 46 Events--Capitol--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-79-PRI

 1 47 Events--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey--Dewey's Commands "Capture or Destroy Montojo's Fleet", "When You Are Ready, Gridley, You May Fire May 1, 1898" in Lights on Marquee, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-73-PRI

 1 48 Events--Parades--Civic Parade, 1899--Pennsylvania Avenue, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-70-PRI

 1 49 Events--Parades--Civic Parade, 1899, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-71-PRI

 1 50 Events--Parades--Civic Parade, 1899--Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Streets, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-72-PRI

 1 51 Events--Parades--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-74-PRI

 1 52 Events--Parades--Homecoming for Admiral George Dewey, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-80-PRI

 1 53 Events--White House--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-105-PRI

 1 54 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-115-PRI

 1 55 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-120-PRI

 1 56 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-121-PRI

 1 57 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Paintings--Ulysses S. Grant, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-116-PRI

 1 58 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Paintings--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-117-PRI

 1 59 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Paintings--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-118-PRI

 1 60 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Statues--Napoleon Primo, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-119-PRI

 1 61 Galleries and Museums--Corcoran--Statues--Napoleon Primo, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-122-PRI

 1 62 Graphic--Centennial Celebration Seal, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-152-PRI

 1 63 Hotels--The Cairo Hotel, Q and 16th Streets, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-98-PRI

 1 64 Hotels--The Cairo Hotel, Q and 16th Streets, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-99-PRI

 1 65 Hotels--The Willard, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-95-PRI

 1 66 Libraries--Library of Congress--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-3-PRI

 1 67 Libraries--Library of Congress--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-4-PRI

 1 68 Libraries--Library of Congress--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-5-PRI

 1 69 Libraries--Library of Congress--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-53-PRI

 1 70 Libraries--Library of Congress--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-54-PRI

 1 71 Libraries--Library of Congress--Main Reading Room (2), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-I-PRI

 1 72 Libraries--Library of Congress--Main Reading Room, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-2-PRI

 1 73 Libraries--Library of Congress--Reading Room, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-47-PRI

 1 74 Plazas--Dupont Circle--View of Women's National Democratic Club (Sarah Adams Whittemore House) and Leiter Mansion, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-113-PRI

 1 75 Plazas--Farrugut Square, 17th and I Streets, NW, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-88-PRI

 1 76 Plazas--Lafayette Square, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-108-PRI

 1 77 Plazas--Scott Circle--16th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-104-PRI

 1 78 White House--Communications Room, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-141-PRI

 1 79 White House--Communications Room, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-142-PRI

 1 80 White House--Gates, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-107-PRI

 1 81 White House--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-96-PRI

 1 82 White House--Interior, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-156-PRI

 MS2115 Series 5 Unidentified, 1889-1910 1 Linear foot

This series consists of photographs of aerial photographs, buildings, camp, canals, cemeteries, conventions, docks, events, harbors, landscapes, and soldiers in unidentified places.

The materials range in date from 1889-1910.

 2 Unidentified, undated

2 1 Aerial Photographs--Dwellings--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-91-PRI

 2 2 Aerial Photographs--Dwellings--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-92-PRI

 2 3 Aerial Photographs--Landscapes--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-64-PRI

 2 4 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-35-PRI

 2 5 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-36-PRI

 2 6 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-37-PRI

 2 7 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-38-PRI

 2 8 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-39-PRI

 2 9 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-40-PRI

 2 10 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-41-PRI

 2 11 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-42-PRI

 2 12 Buildings--Industrial--Interior--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-43-PRI

 2 13 Buildings--Military Academy--West Point (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-63-PRI

 2 14 Camp--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-129-PRI

 2 15 Camp--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-131-PRI

 2 16 Camp--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-132-PRI

 2 17 Canals--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-94-PRI

 2 18 Canals--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-97-PRI

 2 19 Cemeteries--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-25-PRI

 2 20 Cemeteries--Monuments--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-9-PRI

 2 21 Cemeteries--Statues--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-26-PRI

 2 22 Cemeteries--Statues--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-27-PRI

 2 23 Conventions--Political--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-32-PRI

 2 24 Conventions--Political--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-33-PRI

 2 25 Conventions--Political--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-162-PRI

 2 26 Conventions--Political--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-163-PRI

 2 27 Docks--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-69-PRI

 2 28 Events--Daughters of the American Revolution Wreath, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-24-PRI

 2 29 Events--Decorated Ballroom, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-49-PRI

 2 30 Events--Decorated Ballroom, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-51-PRI

 2 31 Events--Decorated Ballroom, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-52-PRI

 2 32 Events--Decorated Dining Room, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-48-PRI

 2 33 Events--Decorated Dining Room, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-50-PRI

 2 34 Events--Flag-raising, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-13 7-PRI

 2 35 Events--Flag-raising, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-138-PRI

 2 36 Events--Flag-raising, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-139-PRI

 2 37 Events--Flag-raising, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-140-PRI

 2 38 Events--Military--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-21-PRI

 2 39 Events--Military--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-22-PRI

 2 40 Events--Military--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-165-PRI

 2 41 Events--Military--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-166-PRI

 2 42 Events--Red Cross--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-128-PRI

 2 43 Events--Red Cross--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-133-PRI

 2 44 Events--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-18-PRI

 2 45 Events--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-19-PRI

 2 46 Events--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-20-PRI

 2 47 Events--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-106-PRI

 2 48 Harbors--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-68-PRI

 2 49 Landscapes--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-10-PRI

 2 50 Landscapes--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-17-PRI

 2 51 Soldiers--Spanish-American War (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-130-PRI

 2 52 Soldiers--Spanish-American War (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-134-PRI

 2 53 Soldiers--Spanish-American War (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-135-PRI

 2 54 Soldiers--Spanish-American War (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-136-PRI

 MS2115 Series 6 Portraits, 1889-1910 1 Linear foot

This series consists of photographs of portraits.

The materials range in date from 1889-1910.

 2 Portraits, undated

2 55 Portraits--Charles E. Smith, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-153-PRI

 2 56 Portraits--Charles E. Smith, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-155-PRI

 2 57 Portraits--Charles E. Smith, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-159-PRI

 2 58 Portraits--Elihu Root, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-148-PRI

 2 59 Portraits--Family--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-30-PRI

 2 60 Portraits--Group--Bicyclists in front of Library of Congress, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-114-PRI

 2 61 Portraits--Group--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-57-PRI

 2 62 Portraits--Group--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-90-PRI

 2 63 Portraits--Group--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-164-PRI

 2 64 Portraits--James D. Long, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-150-PRI

 2 65 Portraits--James D. Long, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-157-PRI

 2 66 Portraits--James D. Long, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-158-PRI

 2 67 Portraits--James Wilson (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-151-PRI

 2 68 Portraits--James Wilson (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-154-PRI

 2 69 Portraits--James Wilson (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-160-PRI

 2 70 Portraits--James Wilson (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-161-PRI

 2 71 Portraits--John Hay, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-143-PRI

 2 72 Portraits--John Hay, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-144-PRI

 2 73 Portraits--John Hay, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-145-PRI

 2 74 Portraits--Theodore Roosevelt (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-146-PRI

 2 75 Portraits--Theodore Roosevelt (?), undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-147-PRI

 2 76 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-23-PRI

 2 77 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-28-PRI

 2 78 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-29-PRI

 2 79 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-3 I -PRI

 2 80 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-44-PRI

 2 81 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-45-PRI

 2 82 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-46-PRI

 2 83 Portraits--Unidentified, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-55-PRI

 2 84 Portraits--William McKinley, undated

[From original finding aid]: MC-149-PRI