Mark Jefferson Photograph Collection

Explore Photographs Taken by the Former EMU Chair of Geography Between 1900 and 1935.

  • "Duck Point." Grand Traverse Bay. Lake Michigan

    "Duck Point" in Grand Traverse Bay in Lake Michigan. The point is a small sandy island near the shoreline of Lake Michigan and dune grass covers half of it. A second shoreline can be seen in the background.
  • "February 1926. McClellanville, South Carolina. 20 year old pines"

    Photograph of a forest landscape located near McClellanville, South Carolina. It is noted the picture was taken in February 1926 and that the trees in the picture are approximately 20 years old. Dense vegetation covers the landscape around the trees.
  • "High desert," mountainous area

    Landscape of a "high desert" mountainous area. Little vegetation grows here and scrub brush covers the mountains in the background. Rock layers can be seen on the sides of the mountains and the base of the mountains turns into a flat plateau. Slide labeled with text, "Made by G.R. Swain, 713 E. University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan." Swain was staff photographer at U of M from 1913 to 1947.
  • "High desert," small mountains surrounding

    Hand-colored slide of a "high desert" that is surrounded by small mountains. The landscapes is barren and arid with little vegetation. Cone-shaped hills rise out of the desert plateau.
  • "High desert," small mountains surrounding

    Hand-colored slide of a "high desert" that is surrounded by small mountains. The landscapes is barren and arid with little vegetation. Cone-shaped hills rise out of the desert plateau.
  • "Lincoln 92 miles from Charleston"

    Photograph of a Southern Tidewater house 92 miles from Charleston, South Carolina. The house is a two-story structure with porticos on both the first and second floors on the front facade. A large gabled dormer sits on the roof above the main entrance and two chimney stacks rise out of the hipped roof. Dense vegetation surrounds the house and the dirt roadway is mostly sand.
  • "Maples. 205 Normal Street, Ypsilanti. 1938"

    Photograph of maple trees taken on Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. The treese grow on the curb strip next to the sidewalk. The trees have moderate foliage. Houses can be seen to the right of the trees. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have inidcated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there maybe a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted steregraphic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
  • "Maples. 205 Normal Street, Ypsilanti. 1938"

    Photograph of maple trees taken on Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. The treese grow on the curb strip next to the sidewalk. The trees have moderate foliage. Houses can be seen to the right of the trees. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have inidcated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there maybe a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted steregraphic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
  • "Maples. 205 Normal Street, Ypsilanti. 1938"

    Stereographic duplicate of 010_MJ_99_069. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
  • "Maples. 205 Normal Street, Ypsilanti. 1938"

    Stereographic duplicate of 010_MJ_99_067. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted steregraphic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a reapeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.