The past two weeks, I’ve focused on accessioning, packing and labeling photographs. I would add the photo and its accession number to Past Perfect and simply describe what was happening in the photo. The photos were mostly portraits of family members from the Lawson/Alls family. I was only able to name a handful of individuals because of the descriptions on the back, written in black ink or graphite. In terms of labeling and packaging, I would write the accession number in the bottom right corner on the back and place it into a tan folder with the same number written on the to for easy access.
Last Friday, I was tasked with finding a photograph that was not in it’s original spot (bottom photo). During the search, I came across a photo of the Lutheran Children’s home, an orphanage that eventually became Elizabeth College where the fraternity houses are. I thought that it was pretty cool. I searched through many boxes and each folder individually and was unable to find the photo in the three hours I was there.