Architecture: 19th & 20th c.: Images

"approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. It represents the work of Harvard faculty, such as Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Bremer W. Pond, and James Sturgis Pray.

The collections of the V&A and the RIBA (VIctoria 7 Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects); together they form the world's most comprehensive architectural resource. The RIBA collections include over 1 million drawings; 1.5 million archives including architectural diaries, travel journals, letters, notebooks, essays, papers and office archives and over 1.5 million photographs of architecture worldwide.

Over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Subjects are concentrated chiefly in the northeastern United States, especially the New York City area, and Florida. Included are the homes of notable Americans, such as Raymond Loewy, and of several U.S. presidents, as well as color images of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Many of the photographs were commissioned by architects, designers, owners and architectural publications, and document important achievements in American 20th-century architecture and interior design.