Photographs taken by Mark Jefferson, the former EMU Chair of Geography between 1900 and 1935.
Date Span
1900s-1930s
Object Type
Glass plate negatives
Publisher
Eastern Michigan University
Subject
landscapes, nature photography, travel, portraits, 1900s-1930s, Michigan, New York, West Virginia, California, Eastern Michigan University, campus buildings, National Parks, architecture
The Piazza Del Campidoglio square with statues of Castor and Pollux outside of Capitoline Hill, Italy. A grand staircase leads to the Senatorial Palace. Pedestrians and horses and buggies can be seen around the plaza.
The Theatre of Taormina located in Sicily. The image was taken standing in the theatre looking out towards the mountain behind the theatre. The remains of the theatre can be seen at the bottom of the image. Italian villas can be seen in the foreground while the mountainside in the background has stone steps built into the face. A small town can be seen at the top of the mountain with a zigzag road leading up to it in the left part of the image.
Soldiers marching in formation through an archway on a bridge near Constantine, Algeria. A town of Early Christian architecture can be seen sitting on top of a cliff in the background.
Image showing a river scene with buildings built up along the river. At the bottom of the image reads the caption, "Proud Europe, goal of those who sought." Tree's and buggies can be seen in the foreground and a rail bridge can be seen in the background.
Image showing a pyrite mining operation sitting on a hill in Lokken, Norway. The main structure is built with the sloping grade of the hill. A railway and road run parallel to the mine at the bottom of the hill. Piles of rock can be seen surrounding the main structure.
Women and men walking around a vegetable market in Pressburg, Czechoslovakia. Women can be seen selecting and buying vegetables in the foreground while a store front can be seen in the background.
Fondi, Italy. Women sitting together on a hill presumably washing clothes in a stream. A bridge and road can be seen going over the the stream to the right. Mountains can be seen in the background along with buildings and trees.
Streetscape with bicycles in the middle of the street. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and in the street. The picture appears to have been taken in summer or spring due to the foliage of the trees. French Empire architecture buildings can be seen lining the street.
A man walks beside a horse pulling a wooden cart. Behind the man and the horse, a building can be seen named Cafe Restaurant with seats sitting by the entrance. In the background, a French Second Empire style building can be seen along an intersecting street.
Child holding a lamb and riding a donkey loaded with straw and other goods. An gabled Italian villa can be seen in the background with similar structures behind it.
Panorama image of four girls wearing traditional holiday dresses in Krakow, Poland. Men, women and children can be seen sitting on a bench behind the four girls in a plaza. A brick building can be seen in the background.
Three working people. One man and two women dressed in traditional working clothes. The man is holding threshing and raking tools while the women carry bundles of foliage on their backs.
A rowing boat is tied to a post in the foreground while the expanse of the paper mill can be seen in the background. It sits along the river, likely for easy shipping access.
A tram can be seen on the left side of the image with a truck on the right side. A business corner in the focal point with several shops seen along the street.
One man standing and a boy riding a bike in the middle of a street, with children sitting on the stoop of house to the right. Houses on either side of the street. A mining conveyor can be seen in the background.
Y-shaped street intersection with shops and people walking on the sidewalk and in the street. Storefronts and advertisements are on the facades of the structures
Streetscape with people walking on the sidewalk and in the street. A trolley can be seen in the background along with various buildings and styles of architecture.
Male street vendor selling newspapers with pedestrians, horse drawn cart, and automobiles passing by. Classic italianate architectural style buildings in the background.
