Rehkop, Leonard D. and Marie H., Collection of Algert T. Peterson Glass Plate Negatives, 1860s-1930s (C3888)
8670 glass plate negatives and 95 plastic negatives on 18 rolls of microfilm; 63 photographs
MICROFILM
INTRODUCTION
The Rehkop/Peterson Collection consists of studio portraits of groups, families, and individuals; and scenes of the Higginsville and Concordia areas in western Missouri. The negatives date from the 1860s to the 1930s.
DONOR INFORMATION
Marie H. Rehkop donated the negatives in her and her late husband's names to the University of Missouri on 5 December 1986 (Accession No. 4757).
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Algert T. Peterson was born in Yazoo, Mississippi, in 1880. He opened a photography studio in Higginsville in January 1909, and at some point opened a branch studio in Concordia. In 1927 he sold his studio, including his equipment and negatives, to Leonard D. Rehkop and moved to Columbia, Missouri.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Rehkop/Peterson Collection consists of negatives arranged by size and dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The majority of the negatives date from the 1900s and 1910s and have been dated by using the numbering system that appeared on the envelopes that originally housed the negatives. Those negatives that were not included in Peterson's numbering system have been tentatively dated by the processor.
Each negative has been assigned an identifier (WHMC No.) consisting of a letter which indicates the size of the negative (A=14x17, B=10x12, C=8x10, D=62x82, E=5x8 and 5x7, and F=3x5) and a number which indicates a particular negative's location among negatives of the same size (e.g. B0203 is the 203rd negative of the 10x12 negatives). The number is located on the lower right-hand corner of each negative. Ninety-five plastic negatives and five photographs that have no negatives follow the glass negatives and are indicated by the letter "G". Also included in the collection are prints of fifty-eight of the negatives and brief descriptions written by Mrs. Rehkop of some of the negatives.
The negatives appear as positive images on the microfilm. The photographer often used a blue toner on the negatives to diminish shadows. This toner appears as a white hazy area on the microfilm copy of the negatives.
The pre-1909 negatives were taken by earlier photographers in Higginsville, two of whom were R.A. Wells and ------ Peters. Post-1927 negatives were taken by Leonard D. Rehkop.
The vast majority of the negatives are studio portraits of individuals, families, and groups; most of these portraits are identified. A list of subject headings used to index the negatives, as well as brief explanations of their use follows. The index which follows the subject headings list includes names as well as those subject headings. The main subject of a negative appears in all capital letters in the index.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
| Agricultural machinery. | Harvesting machinery also used where appropriate. |
| Alcohol use. | See Youth--Alcohol use and Women--Alcohol use. |
| Alma--Buildings. | |
| --Street scenes. | |
| Amusements. | |
| Architecture, Domestic. | Used where only portions of a house are visible; Houses used where entire house is in view. |
| Athletes. | In athletic uniforms. See also specific type of athletes. |
| Automobiles. | Name of specific model of automobile also used if known. |
| Baby carriages. | Also used for baby strollers. |
| Bands (Music). | |
| Bank buildings; | Bank buildings--Interiors. |
| Barns. | |
| Baseball clubs. | |
| Basketball teams. | |
| Bathing beaches. | |
| Bicycles & bicycling. | |
| Blacks. | |
| Boys--Costume, date, and --Hair & hairdressing, date. | Used for males between the ages of two and fifteen. |
| Bridges. | |
| Buildings, and Buildings--Interiors. | Used if specific kind of building or buildings not known and town name unknown. |
| Carriages & carts. | |
| Cemeteries. | |
| Children--Costume, date, and --Hair & hairdressing, date. | Used for mixed groups between the ages of two and fifteen. |
| Church architecture. | |
| Cityscapes. | Used for panoramic views of a town. |
| Commencement portraits. | Used for individuals and groups. |
| Composite pictures. | Used for negatives that have been altered by the photographer. |
| Concordia--Buildings. | |
| --Churches. | |
| --Houses. | |
| --Parks. | |
| --Street scenes. | |
| Confirmation portraits. | Used for individuals and groups. |
| Corn fields. | |
| Costume, date. | Used for costume of women and mixed groups. More specific headings used for men, children, and elderly. |
| Crowds. | |
| Dead bodies. | See Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
| Dining rooms. | In houses, not restaurants. |
| Dogs. | |
| Dolls. | |
| Drug stores, and Drug stores--Interiors. | |
| Elderly--Costume, date and --Hair & hairdressing, date. | Used for people over the age of fifty. |
| Emma--Buildings. | |
| --Street scenes. | |
| Excavations. | |
| Exhibitions. | |
| Facial hair, date. | |
| Farms & farming. | Used for views of fields, buildings, livestock; specific names of buildings and activities used also where appropriate. |
| Fences. | |
| First Communion portraits. | |
| Flour mills. | |
| Flower arrangement. | |
| Football teams. | |
| Ford automobiles. | |
| Funeral rites and ceremonies. | Used for views of coffins, dead bodies, funeral flower arrangements. |
| Gardens. | |
| Girls--Costume, date, and --Hair & hairdressing, date. | Used for females between the ages of two and fifteen. |
| Grain elevators. | |
| Grocery stores, and Grocery stores--Interiors. | |
| Gym suits. | Athletic costume for females. |
| Hair & hairdressing, date. | Used for women and mixed groups. More specific headings used for men, children, and elderly. |
| Harvesting machinery. | |
| Hats, date. | |
| Hay fields. | |
| Heating. | |
| Higginsville--Buildings. | |
| --Churches. | |
| --Depot. | |
| --Houses. | |
| --Parades. | |
| --Railroads. | |
| --Roads. | |
| --Street scenes. | |
| Horses. | |
| House construction. | Used for views that depict workers building a house. |
| Hunting. | |
| Industrial buildings. | Used for buildings of non-specific type. |
| Industrial machinery. | |
| Industrial sites. | |
| Infants--Costume, date. | Since most infants were photographed in white dresses during the period that this collection covers, only out-of-the-ordinary costumes, such as winter coats, are indexed. |
| Inventions. | Used for "gadgets" with no identifiable use. |
| Jewelry stores, and Jewelry stores--Interiors. | |
| Labor unions. | |
| Landscape architecture. | Used for gazebos and other ornamental buildings. |
| Landscape gardening. | |
| Landscapes. | |
| Lighting. | Used for indoor lighting. Streets--Lighting used for outdoor lighting. |
| Living rooms. | |
| Machinery. | Used for machinery of unidentifiable use. |
| Men--Costume, date, and --Hair & hairdressing, date. | Used in views with only men. |
| Mills. | |
| Mules. | |
| Musicians. | |
| Nudes. | |
| Orchards. | |
| Orchestra. | |
| Outbuildings. | |
| Outings. | |
| Parades. | |
| Parks. | |
| Parties. | |
| Photography, Artistic. | Used for artlike photographs. See also Unconventional poses. |
| Photography--Studios & darkrooms. | |
| Picnics. | |
| Portraits--Boy, and --Boys. | Used for boys between the ages of five and fifteen. |
| --Children. | Used for mixed groups of boys and girls to the age of fifteen, and Children whose sex is undiscernible. |
| --Couple. | Used for views of a man and woman. |
| --Elderly, Elderly man, Elderly woman, Elderly couple. | Used for views of people over the age of fifty. |
| --Family. | Used for views of a traditional family: father, mother, children. |
| --Family reunion. | Used for views of three generations or more in a large family group. |
| --Father and child. | |
| --Girl, and --Girls. | Used for girls between the ages of five and fifteen. |
| --Grandparent and grandchild. |
| --Group. | Used for non-specific groups of people of all ages and both sexes. More specific terms used wherever possible. |
| --Infant. | Used for children under the age of two. Since most infants were photographed in white dresses, portraits of nude infants are noted. |
| --Man, and Men. | |
| --Mother and child. | |
| --Soldier. | |
| --Woman, and Women. | |
| --Young boy, Young boys, Young girl, and Young girls. | Used for children between the ages of two and five. |
| --Young man, Young men, Young woman, and Young women. | Used for views of people between the ages of fifteen and 25. (Tough guy pose) added to portraits of young men where they are shown drinking, smoking, playing cards or adopting other casual poses. |
| --Youths. | Used for group of young men and women. |
| Railroads. | |
| Restaurants, and Restaurants--Interiors. | |
| Road construction. | |
| Roads. | |
| Rugs. | |
| School buildings. | |
| School children. | |
| School classrooms. | |
| Sheds. | |
| Silage & silos. | |
| Sleds. | |
| Stables. | |
| Storefronts. | |
| Street scenes. | Name of town included if known. |
| Streets--Lighting. | Used for outdoor lighting. Lighting used for indoor lighting. |
| Tableaux. | Used for views of people in costumes and in artificial poses. |
| Telephone as photography prop. | |
| Threshing. | |
| Tombstones. | |
| Toys. | Used for groups of toys. More specific terms used for views of individual toys. |
| Tractors. | |
| Tricycles. | |
| Trucks. | |
| Unconventional poses. | Used for informal and unusual poses. |
| Uniforms. | Religious or fraternal order indicated if known. |
| Wagons. | |
| Wallpaper. | |
| Wedding portraits. | Used for wedding couples and wedding parties. Large groups also included under Portraits--Group. | |
| Winter scenes. | |
| Women--Alcohol use. | Used for views of women with alcoholic beverages. |
| Workmen. | Used for views of men at work in non-specific jobs. |
| World War, 1914-1818--Uniforms. | |
| Young man, Young woman--Costume, date. | |
| --Hair & hairdressing, date. | |
| Youth--Alcohol use. | Used for views with beer bottles as photography props. |
| Youths--Costume, date. | |
| --Hair & hairdressing, date. | |
FOLDER LIST
| f. 1 | "B" and "C" prints |
| f. 2 | "D" prints |
| f. 3 | "E" and "d" prints |
| f. 4 | "G" prints |
| f. 5 | Enclosures |
INDEX TERMS
These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.
- Accidents
- Acrobats
- Agricultural machinery
- Anderson family, Lafayette County
- Anson family, Lafayette County
- Antic family, Lafayette County
- Architecture, Domestic
- Arndt family, Lafayette County
- Athletes
- Automobiles
- Aversman family, Lafayette County
- Baby carriages
- Balke family, Lafayette County
- Bands (Music)
- Bargefrede family, Lafayette County
- Barns
- Baseball clubs
- Basketball teams
- Bauerle family, Lafayette County
- Beck family, Lafayette County
- Becker family, Lafayette County
- Bell family, Lafayette County
- Bergman family, Lafayette County
- Bicycles and bicycling
- Bishop Family, Lafayette County
- Blacks
- Bleckschmidt family, Lafayette County
- Boedeker family, Lafayette County
- Boehmer family, Lafayette County
- Boy Scouts
- Boys--Costume, 1900s
- Boys--Costume, 1910s
- Boys--Costume, 1920s
- Branson family, Lafayette County
- Bridges
- Brinkman family, Lafayette County
- Brockhoff family, Lafayette County
- Brockman family, Lafayette County
- Brown family, Lafayette County
- Bruening family, Lafayette County
- Bruns family, Lafayette County
- Buildings
- Buildings--Interiors
- Burns family, Lafayette County
- Campbell family, Lafayette County
- Camping
- Card players
- Carriages and carts
- Children--Costume, 1900s
- Children--Costume, 1910s
- Children--Costume, 1920s
- Children--Hairstyles, 1900s
- Chinn family, Lafayette County
- Church architecture
- Cityscapes
- Commencement portraits
- Confirmation portraits
- Corder family, Lafayette County
- Costume, 1890s
- Costume, 1900s
- Costume, 1910s
- Costume, 1920s
- Crowds
- Davis family, Lafayette County
- Dieckhoff family, Lafayette County
- Dierking family, Lafayette County
- Dinners and dining
- Dogs
- Dolls
- Duensing family, Lafayette County
- Edwards family, Lafayette County
- Ehlers family, Lafayette County
- Erdman family, Lafayette County
- Facial hair, 1900s
- Facial hair, 1910s
- Farms and farming
- Fehner family, Lafayette County
- Fences
- Fieth family, Lafayette County
- Fischer family, Lafayette County
- Fitzgerald family, Lafayette County
- Flandermeyer family, Lafayette County
- Flour mills
- Flower arrangement
- Football teams
- Fortner family, Lafayette County
- Freitag family, Lafayette County
- Frerking family
- Fruit culture
- Fuchs family, Lafayette County
- Funeral rites & ceremonies
- German Heritage Archives
- Giesecke family, Lafayette County
- Girls--Costume, 1900s
- Girls--Costume, 1910s
- Girls--Costume, 1920s
- Girls--Hairstyles, 1900s
- Girls--Hairstyles, 1910s
- Girls--Hairstyles, 1920s
- Gladish family, Lafayette County
- Glass plate negatives
- Grain elevators
- Grau family, Lafayette County
- Hader family, Lafayette County
- Hairstyles, 1890s
- Hairstyles, 1900s
- Hairstyles, 1910s
- Hairstyles, 1920s
- Harvesting
- Harvesting machinery
- Hats, 1900s
- Hats, 1910s
- Hats, 1920s
- Heidbrink family, Lafayette County
- Heins family, Lafayette County
- Herd family, Lafayette County
- Hill family, Lafayette County
- Hinck family, Lafayette County
- Hoefer family, Lafayette County
- Hoelscher family, Lafayette County
- Horses
- Houses
- Hunting
- Infants--Costume
- Inventions
- Jackson family, Lafayette County
- Jennings family, Lafayette County
- Johnson family, Lafayette County
- Jones family, Lafayette County
- Kelly family, Lafayette County
- Kennedy family, Lafayette County
- Kessler family, Lafayette County
- Kiehl family, Lafayette County
- Kincheloe family, Lafayette County
- Kleinschmidt family, Lafayette County
- Klinginberg family, Lafayette County
- Knipmeyer family, Lafayette County
- Kroencke family, Lafayette County
- Kuddes family, Lafayette County
- Kueck family, Lafayette County
- Lake family, Lafayette County
- Landscape gardening
- Landscapes
- Lefmann family, Lafayette County
- Leiser family, Lafayette County
- Lewis family, Lafayette County, MO
- Linebach family, Lafayette County
- Lohoefner family, Lafayette County
- Lyons family, Lafayette County
- Machinery
- Martin family, Lafayette County
- Meade family, Lafayette County
- Meinershagen family, Lafayette County
- Men--Costume, 1900s
- Men--Costume, 1910
- Men--Hairstyles, 1910s
- Meyer family, Lafayette County
- Meyer family, Lafayette County
- Miller family, Lafayette County
- Missouri, Alma
- Missouri, Concordia
- Missouri, Higginsville
- Missouri, Lafayette County
- Missouri. Confederate Home, Higginsville
- Moeller family, Lafayette County
- Mollenkamp family, Lafayette County
- Moore family, Lafayette County
- Mueller family, Lafayette County
- Mules
- Musicians
- Neimeier family, Lafayette County
- Oetting family, Lafayette County
- Oliver family, Lafayette County
- Opfer family, Lafayette County
- Orchestra
- Orzel family
- Parades
- Parks
- Percy family, Lafayette County
- Petering family, Lafayette County
- Peterson, Algert T. (1880- )
- Petty family, Lafayette County
- Pevestorff family, Lafayette County
- Phillips family, Lafayette County
- Picnics
- Pigs
- Playgrounds
- Porches
- Portrait Photography
- Public swimming pools
- Rahm family, Lafayette County
- Railroads
- Rehkop family, Lafayette County
- Rehmsmeyer family, Lafayette County
- Rhodes family, Lafayette County
- Ritter family, Lafayette County
- Road construction
- Roads
- Rogge family, Lafayette County
- Rolf family, Lafayette County
- Sanders family, Lafayette County
- Schaeffer family, Lafayette County
- Schmidt family, Lafayette County
- Schnackenberg family, Lafayette County.
- School buildings
- School children
- Schowengerdt family, Lafayette County
- Schroeder family, Lafayette County
- Service stations
- Silage & silos
- Smith family, Lafayette County
- Sodemann family, Lafayette County
- St. Paul's College Academy, Concordia, MO
- St. Paul's College High School, Concordia, MO
- Stables
- Starkebaum family, Lafayette County
- Stoll family, Lafayette County
- Storefronts
- Street scenes
- Stuenkel family, Lafayette County
- Tempel family, Lafayette County
- Thieman family, Lafayette County
- Threshing
- Tieman family, Lafayette County
- Tombstones
- Toys
- Tractors
- Trucks
- Uniforms
- Van Meter family, Lafayette County
- Vermillion family, Lafayette County
- Versailles Male & Female Institute, Versailles, MO
- Wagner family, Lafayette County
- Wagons
- Wahrenbrock family, Lafayette County
- Warren family, Lafayette County
- Wedding portraits
- Weinberg family, Lafayette County
- White family, Lafayette County
- Williams family, Lafayette County
- Winter scenes
- Witthar family, Lafayette County
- Workmen
- World War, 1914-1918, Uniforms
- Young family, Lafayette County
- Zeutmeyer family, Lafayette County
|