Hofinger Folding Kayak Company photograph collection
Content Description
The subjects of the nitrate negatives are mostly individuals, campsites, and workplaces where folding kayaks are being used or assembled.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1940
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan. Nitrate negatives are housed in cold storage and will require 24 hour advance notice to access.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Holfinger Folding Kayak Company photograph collection must be obtained from the
Daniel Davis and/or the Special Collections Section Head.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Consists of nitrate negatives of people using the Hofinger (Karl Hofinger) Folding Kayak Company of Chicago, Illinois. Images are from different states of people assembling and using the folding kayaks, and unidentified individuals from 1936 to 1940.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Andy Nettell at Stellar Books and Ephemera, ABAA.
Existence and Location of Originals
Nitrate negatives are housed in Cold Storage Boxes 102 and 103
Subject
- Hofinger Folding Kayak Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Hofinger Folding Kayak Company photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid written by Asher Bosworth and Daniel Davis
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu