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A few resumes and biographical sketches, as well as awards and certificates, are also included, as is a sketch for a sign that says \"Dacha Vogel.\"","Series 2: Photographic materials includes photographic prints, negatives of various sizes, and slides documenting the working process and finished products of Vogel and his companies. This includes the Gerald Ford Presidential Library, the Confederate Dead memorial, and the Yorktown Victory monument. Of particular interest are photos from the dedication of the Lyndon B. Johnson memorial, which include images of Vogel with Lady Bird Johnson and other dignitaries at the event. There are also some personal photos of Vogel's home and studio and Vogel with his dog. The materials range from the 1950s-1996.","Series 3: Audiovisual materials includes VHS tapes of Vogel and his team's work on various projects, including Arlington Cemetery Urns, the Yorktown Victory monument, and a floating sphere for Disney. 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Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Wherever possible, item dates refer to the actual date the photograph was taken. Otherwise, dates indicate the month and year the photograph was developed.","Series 1: 35mm Slides, 1961-1982, bulk 1967-1977 (Boxes 1-3)\n Series 2: 55mm Slides, 1965-1976 (Boxes 4-5)\n Series 3: Color Negatives, 1957-1979 (Boxes 5)\n Series 4: Large Format Negatives, 1950s-1970s (Box 5)\n Series 5: Small Format Negatives, 1960s-1970s, bulk 1970-1976 (Box 6)\n Series 6: Medium Format Negatives, circa 1966-1976 (Box 6)\n Series 7: Small Format Photographs, 1957-1983 (Box 7)\n Series 8: Large Format Photographs, 1960-1974 (Boxes 8-9)\n Series 9: Oversize Photographs, 1961-1974 (Box 10)\n","Jack Rottier was a photographer for the National Capital Region of the National Park Service from the early 1960s until he retired in 1975. Rottier was born in Bellaire, Michigan in 1910. He served in the Army in World War II and graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He moved to the Washington area about 1950 as a photographer for the American Forest Products Industries. He later joined the Commerce Department where he photographed trade fairs overseas, and then the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department, where he worked until transferring to the Park Service. Throughout his life he was an active member of the C and O Canal Association. In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. He died in 1988.\n","This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4\" x 5\", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4\" x 5\" to 11\" x 14\". Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n","Series 1, 35mm Slides, contains over 1,000 color slides documenting prominent parks, landmarks, and political figures in the Washington, DC area. Parks featured here include Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, and the National Mall. Landmarks include the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument pictured in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also contains slides of several politicians and former presidents, including around 150 slides of Gerald and Betty Ford and their family, 100 slides of Jimmy Carter, and 100 slides of Richard Nixon and his family. Also included are 1 slide of John F. Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971. \n","Series 2, 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also includes slides of tourists at Oxon Hill Farm in Maryland, hikers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at a 1969 anti-war demonstration.\n","Series 3, Color Negatives, consists of 65 color photographic negatives, ranging in size from 60mm to 5\" X 7\", which document various Washington, DC area landmarks and politicians. Subjects include the Capitol, a Cherry Blossom Festival from the early 1970s, and several Republican politicians, including senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho.\n","Series 4, Large Format Negatives, dates back further than any other series in this collection, containing 137 4\" x 5\" black-and-white negatives with dozens from the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and several former US congressmen. The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).\n","Series 5, Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 6, Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.\n","Series 7, Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5\" x 3.5\" and 3.5\" x 5\" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.\n","Series 8, Large Format Photographs, contains 100 8\" x 10\" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. This series also contains photographs of various political rallies and demonstrations, including an officially organized 1970 anti-litter rally and the Poor People's Campaign in the spring of 1968. \n","Series 9, Oversize Photographs, contains 5 11\" x 14\" photographs, including a photograph of the Washington Monument at night, aerial shots of the Jefferson Memorial and White House, a portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, and a photograph of Lady Bird Johnson planting flowers as part of her Washington, DC beautification initiative.\n","This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and prints of photographs taken by National Park Service photographer Jack Rottier. Numbering around 2,500 total, the photographs in this collection document politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n","George Mason University.  Special Collections and Archives.\n","John M. (Jack) Rottier, 1910-1988\n","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Photographs.","Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007--Photographs.","Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973--Photographs.","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993--Photographs.","Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Photographs.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["C0003\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Jack Rottier photograph collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Jack Rottier photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["Jack Rottier photograph collection"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"creator_ssm":["John M. (Jack) Rottier, 1910-1988\n"],"creator_ssim":["John M. 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He served in the Army in World War II and graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He moved to the Washington area about 1950 as a photographer for the American Forest Products Industries. He later joined the Commerce Department where he photographed trade fairs overseas, and then the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department, where he worked until transferring to the Park Service. Throughout his life he was an active member of the C and O Canal Association. In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. 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In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. He died in 1988.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4\" x 5\", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4\" x 5\" to 11\" x 14\". 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Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2, 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. 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The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5, Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6, Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7, Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5\" x 3.5\" and 3.5\" x 5\" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8, Large Format Photographs, contains 100 8\" x 10\" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. 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Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4\" x 5\", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4\" x 5\" to 11\" x 14\". Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n","Series 1, 35mm Slides, contains over 1,000 color slides documenting prominent parks, landmarks, and political figures in the Washington, DC area. Parks featured here include Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, and the National Mall. Landmarks include the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument pictured in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also contains slides of several politicians and former presidents, including around 150 slides of Gerald and Betty Ford and their family, 100 slides of Jimmy Carter, and 100 slides of Richard Nixon and his family. Also included are 1 slide of John F. Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971. \n","Series 2, 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also includes slides of tourists at Oxon Hill Farm in Maryland, hikers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at a 1969 anti-war demonstration.\n","Series 3, Color Negatives, consists of 65 color photographic negatives, ranging in size from 60mm to 5\" X 7\", which document various Washington, DC area landmarks and politicians. Subjects include the Capitol, a Cherry Blossom Festival from the early 1970s, and several Republican politicians, including senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho.\n","Series 4, Large Format Negatives, dates back further than any other series in this collection, containing 137 4\" x 5\" black-and-white negatives with dozens from the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and several former US congressmen. The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).\n","Series 5, Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 6, Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.\n","Series 7, Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5\" x 3.5\" and 3.5\" x 5\" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.\n","Series 8, Large Format Photographs, contains 100 8\" x 10\" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. This series also contains photographs of various political rallies and demonstrations, including an officially organized 1970 anti-litter rally and the Poor People's Campaign in the spring of 1968. \n","Series 9, Oversize Photographs, contains 5 11\" x 14\" photographs, including a photograph of the Washington Monument at night, aerial shots of the Jefferson Memorial and White House, a portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, and a photograph of Lady Bird Johnson planting flowers as part of her Washington, DC beautification initiative.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and prints of photographs taken by National Park Service photographer Jack Rottier. Numbering around 2,500 total, the photographs in this collection document politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and prints of photographs taken by National Park Service photographer Jack Rottier. Numbering around 2,500 total, the photographs in this collection document politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University.  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Each series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Wherever possible, item dates refer to the actual date the photograph was taken. Otherwise, dates indicate the month and year the photograph was developed.","Series 1: 35mm Slides, 1961-1982, bulk 1967-1977 (Boxes 1-3)\n Series 2: 55mm Slides, 1965-1976 (Boxes 4-5)\n Series 3: Color Negatives, 1957-1979 (Boxes 5)\n Series 4: Large Format Negatives, 1950s-1970s (Box 5)\n Series 5: Small Format Negatives, 1960s-1970s, bulk 1970-1976 (Box 6)\n Series 6: Medium Format Negatives, circa 1966-1976 (Box 6)\n Series 7: Small Format Photographs, 1957-1983 (Box 7)\n Series 8: Large Format Photographs, 1960-1974 (Boxes 8-9)\n Series 9: Oversize Photographs, 1961-1974 (Box 10)\n","Jack Rottier was a photographer for the National Capital Region of the National Park Service from the early 1960s until he retired in 1975. Rottier was born in Bellaire, Michigan in 1910. He served in the Army in World War II and graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He moved to the Washington area about 1950 as a photographer for the American Forest Products Industries. He later joined the Commerce Department where he photographed trade fairs overseas, and then the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department, where he worked until transferring to the Park Service. Throughout his life he was an active member of the C and O Canal Association. In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. He died in 1988.\n","This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4\" x 5\", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4\" x 5\" to 11\" x 14\". Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n","Series 1, 35mm Slides, contains over 1,000 color slides documenting prominent parks, landmarks, and political figures in the Washington, DC area. Parks featured here include Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, and the National Mall. Landmarks include the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument pictured in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also contains slides of several politicians and former presidents, including around 150 slides of Gerald and Betty Ford and their family, 100 slides of Jimmy Carter, and 100 slides of Richard Nixon and his family. Also included are 1 slide of John F. Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971. \n","Series 2, 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also includes slides of tourists at Oxon Hill Farm in Maryland, hikers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at a 1969 anti-war demonstration.\n","Series 3, Color Negatives, consists of 65 color photographic negatives, ranging in size from 60mm to 5\" X 7\", which document various Washington, DC area landmarks and politicians. Subjects include the Capitol, a Cherry Blossom Festival from the early 1970s, and several Republican politicians, including senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho.\n","Series 4, Large Format Negatives, dates back further than any other series in this collection, containing 137 4\" x 5\" black-and-white negatives with dozens from the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and several former US congressmen. The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).\n","Series 5, Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 6, Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.\n","Series 7, Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5\" x 3.5\" and 3.5\" x 5\" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.\n","Series 8, Large Format Photographs, contains 100 8\" x 10\" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. This series also contains photographs of various political rallies and demonstrations, including an officially organized 1970 anti-litter rally and the Poor People's Campaign in the spring of 1968. \n","Series 9, Oversize Photographs, contains 5 11\" x 14\" photographs, including a photograph of the Washington Monument at night, aerial shots of the Jefferson Memorial and White House, a portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, and a photograph of Lady Bird Johnson planting flowers as part of her Washington, DC beautification initiative.\n","This collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and prints of photographs taken by National Park Service photographer Jack Rottier. Numbering around 2,500 total, the photographs in this collection document politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. 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He served in the Army in World War II and graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He moved to the Washington area about 1950 as a photographer for the American Forest Products Industries. He later joined the Commerce Department where he photographed trade fairs overseas, and then the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department, where he worked until transferring to the Park Service. Throughout his life he was an active member of the C and O Canal Association. In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. 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In the course of his career with the Park Service, Rottier contributed to the photographic record of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and the development of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna. He died in 1988.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting politics, culture, and urban beautification in and around Washington, DC during the 1960s and 1970s. Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4\" x 5\", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4\" x 5\" to 11\" x 14\". 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Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2, 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. 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The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5, Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6, Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7, Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5\" x 3.5\" and 3.5\" x 5\" photographs, all in color except where specified. 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Slides are in color 35mm and 55mm formats, negatives are both color and black and white and range from 35mm strips to 4\" x 5\", and prints are color and black and white and range in size from 4\" x 5\" to 11\" x 14\". Subjects include United States presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, the Washington Senators baseball team, the National Mall, and various Potomac-region landmarks and parks.\n","Series 1, 35mm Slides, contains over 1,000 color slides documenting prominent parks, landmarks, and political figures in the Washington, DC area. Parks featured here include Glen Echo Park, Lady Bird Johnson Park, and the National Mall. Landmarks include the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument pictured in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also contains slides of several politicians and former presidents, including around 150 slides of Gerald and Betty Ford and their family, 100 slides of Jimmy Carter, and 100 slides of Richard Nixon and his family. Also included are 1 slide of John F. Kennedy, 2 slides of Lyndon Johnson, several slides of Jackie Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and 14 slides of Lady Bird Johnson whom Rottier documented during her national beautification initiative. Other subjects in this series include the 1979 American Agriculture Movement Farm Strike in DC, a Cherry Blossom Festival from 1974, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, and two Washington Senators baseball games, including a 1969 game with Richard Nixon in the audience and the team's final game on September 30, 1971. \n","Series 2, 55mm Slides, contains 131 large-format color slides documenting scenery and beautification in the Washington, DC area. Like Series 1, it includes slides of such landmarks as the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and various parks in different seasons with tulips, daffodils, and cherry blossoms in the foreground. The series also includes slides of tourists at Oxon Hill Farm in Maryland, hikers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and marchers at a 1969 anti-war demonstration.\n","Series 3, Color Negatives, consists of 65 color photographic negatives, ranging in size from 60mm to 5\" X 7\", which document various Washington, DC area landmarks and politicians. Subjects include the Capitol, a Cherry Blossom Festival from the early 1970s, and several Republican politicians, including senators Carl T. Curtis and Strom Thurmond and governors George Dewey Clyde of Utah, Goodwin Knight of California, and Robert Eben Smylie of Idaho.\n","Series 4, Large Format Negatives, dates back further than any other series in this collection, containing 137 4\" x 5\" black-and-white negatives with dozens from the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include former presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and several former US congressmen. The series also contains negatives of Washington, DC monuments and of political events such as Eisenhower's inauguration and a 1953 congressional baseball game. Other subjects include the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).\n","Series 5, Small Format Negatives, contains 400 color and black-and-white 35mm negatives documenting Washington, DC area culture and politics. Subjects covered include Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, various Washington, DC area landmarks, a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, the Washington Senators' last baseball game in September 1971, and a Wolf Trap concert hall opening also in 1971. The series also contains negatives of Jack Rottier and his family, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, and Liz Taylor and John Warner at a fundraiser in Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 6, Medium Format Negatives, contains 475 black-and-white and color 120 film negatives depicting politics, culture, and beautification in Washington, DC. Subjects include Betty and Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, Chuck Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson, Pat and Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Spiro Agnew, and Mamie Eisenhower. Also included are negatives of Washington area landmarks, several US senators, a 1970 Washington Metro signing, and an Association of Federal Investigators award ceremony.\n","Series 7, Small Format Photographs, contains 316 3.5\" x 3.5\" and 3.5\" x 5\" photographs, all in color except where specified. Subjects in this series include the beautification of Washington, DC, Lady Bird Johnson with National Capital Parks Director Nash Castro, National Capital Park rangers, and various Washington, DC area landmarks. Political figures in this series include Richard Nixon and Senators Carl T. Curtis, Leonard B. Jordan, and Strom Thurmond. Other subjects include a 1971 Cherry Blossom Festival pageant, a 1978 party of the National Geographic Society, and two of the last Washington Senators baseball games.\n","Series 8, Large Format Photographs, contains 100 8\" x 10\" photographs of DC area political events and landmarks, all black and white except where specified. Political figures in this series include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald and Betty Ford, and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. This series also contains photographs of various political rallies and demonstrations, including an officially organized 1970 anti-litter rally and the Poor People's Campaign in the spring of 1968. \n","Series 9, Oversize Photographs, contains 5 11\" x 14\" photographs, including a photograph of the Washington Monument at night, aerial shots of the Jefferson Memorial and White House, a portrait of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, and a photograph of Lady Bird Johnson planting flowers as part of her Washington, DC beautification initiative.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains 10 boxes of slides, negatives, and prints of photographs taken by National Park Service photographer Jack Rottier. 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","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_vifgm00017#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vifgm_vifgm00017","ead_ssi":"vifgm_vifgm00017","_root_":"vifgm_vifgm00017","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_vifgm00017","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/gmu/vifgm00017.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/","title_ssm":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection\n"],"title_tesim":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection\n"],"unitdate_ssm":["1917-1995\n"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1917-1995\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["C0032\n"],"text":["C0032\n","The Charles Baptie photograph collection","Buildings--Photographs.","Drive-in restaurants--Photographs.","Embassy buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Monuments and memorials--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Nature--Photographs.","Service stations--Photographs.","Technology--Photographs.","Aerial photographs.","Negtaives.","Photographic prints.","Portraits.","Slides.","The collection is organized into 21 series.","Series 1: Buildings: Interior and Exterior, 1947-1975\n Series 2: Embassies, 1950s-1970s\n Series 3: Art, 1947-1975\n Series 4: Publications, 1942-1994\n Series 5: Texaco Stations, 1950-1972\n Series 6: Hot Shoppes, 1948-1953\n Series 7: Washington, D.C., Monuments, 1944-1991\n Series 8: Aerial Photographs, 1934-1991\n Series 9: Nature, 1917-1988\n Series 10: Maps and Building Plans, 1941-1973\n Series 11: People, 1944-1976\n Series 12: Food, 1950s-1960s\n Series 13: Museum Exhibits, 1952-1970s\n Series 14: Animals, 1946-1980s\n Series 15: Technology, 1948-1974\n Series 16: George Mason College, 1959-1976\n Series 17: Vehicles, 1946-1995\n Series 18: Gunston Hall, 1960s-1993\n Series 19: International, 1958-1989\n Series 20: Correspondence, 1955-1990s\n Series 21: Electronic Media, 1970s-1980s\n","Charles Baptie, a photographer, printer, and publisher, was born in Munhall, PA on March 13, 1914. Early in life, Baptie became interested in photography and airplanes, interests that would eventually lead to him becoming a photographer and public relations agent for Capital Airlines. His camera recorded the life of the airline for many years. When Capital Airlines merged with United Airlines, Baptie left the company and formed his own business, Charles Baptie Studios, Inc.\n","While operating his own studio, Baptie provided photographs for more than fifty books and other publications, including:  Capital Airlines: A Nostalgic Flight Into the Past ,  Great Houses of Washington ,  Camera on Assignment  (with Ollie Atkins), the sixteen volume  Encyclopedia of United States History ,  Guest House of the Presidents , the story of the Blair Lee House, and  Mid the Hills of Pennsylvania . As a photojournalist, Baptie covered feature stories for leading magazines and other news publications. Over the course of his journalistic career, Baptie met and photographed many world leaders and public figures.  He passed away in 2000.","The Charles Baptie Photograph Collection contains color prints and negatives of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason; color transparencies from the Encyclopedia of United States History; color transparencies and prints from the Great Houses of Washington, D.C.; black \u0026 white negatives of the Washington metropolitan area; and photographs of George Mason College.  There are, in addition, aerial photographs, photographs of malaria prevention overseas, and publicity photographs for various publications. Also included in this collection are photographs pertaining to the childrens' book, Herkie the Pup, written by Charles Baptie. The total volume of the collection is 26 linear feet, consisting of 24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes.  ","Series 1 is a group of images of buildings, both interior and exterior, including facades of famous houses and embassies around DC as well as images of the interior decorations; also included are images of churches, DC monuments, hotels, restaurants, schools, laboratories, service stations, theaters, hospitals, and personal homes.  \n","Series 2 consists of images of the Belgian, Brazilian, French, Irish, Mexican, Peruvian, Spanish, and Turkish embassies; most of these items are also found in series 1. \n","Series 3 contains images of artwork, including of paintings, sculptures, dolls, trophies, and architecture; also images of artwork used for publications such as a baseball book, an Encyclopedia of American History, a History of the Civil War, and a Northern Virginia guidebook.  \n","Series 4 is for Publications for which Baptie either provided photos or printed at his studio including brochures and pamphlets, guide books, logos, small print books, magazines, and poetry collections.  \n","Series 5 shows images of Texaco stations in the area, both on the ground and in the air throughout the Washington, D.C., area included are aerial views and on-the-ground images, as well as plans, blueprints, portraits, and vehicles.  \n","Hot Shoppes restaurant photos make up Series 6, Hot Shoppes were a chain of restaurant owned by the Marriott Company and the series includes images of food, their Airline service, their kitchens, and the dining rooms of the restaurants. \n","Series 7 includes photographs of D.C. monuments and landmarks including Capitol Hill, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, and Mount Vernon.  \n","Series 8 contains images from several other series that happen to be aerial shots, as well as general aerial views from around the country; images of nearby locations include Alexandria, Annandale, Texaco service stations, construction sites, DC monuments, Gunston Hall, Sully Plantation, and the Potomac River.  \n","Series 9 consists of nature scenes, such as trees, mountains, clouds, gardens, fireworks, sunsets, clouds, bodies of water, landscapes, and cemeteries.  \n","Series 10 contains maps and building plans, such as blueprints or architectural renderings, specific topics include St. Agnes School, Baltimore, Texaco, Hazelton labs, Woodbridge Toll Center, and Fairfax Hills.  \n","People make up the subject of Series 11, where the people are doing something else or just taking a portrait.  Many photos have unidentified subjects, while others show notable Washingtonians and politicians, athletes, scientists, wedding guests, presidents, actors, the National Symphony, and military leaders.  \n","Series 12 consists of pictures of food from restaurants, Hot Shoppes, and holiday events.  \n","Series 13 is made up of museum exhibits and artifacts including the Star Spangled Banner, dolls, and various Smithsonian objects and exhibits.  \n","Series 14 documents various animals including monkeys, horses, birds, bees, cattle, dogs, hippopotamuses, snakes, butterflies and animals for scientific testing.  \n","Series 15 shows different types of technology such as science labs, computers, a space shuttle, factories, and a camera.  ","George Mason College is featured in Series 16 with images of athletic teams, staff members, buildings, campus, students, graduations, George Mason Day, and printed materials.  \n","Series 17 includes pictures of vehicles, such as cars, baby carriage, planes, trains, ships, helicopters and bicycles.  \n","Series 18 consists of images from Gunston Hall, the historical home of George Mason.  Images in the series include the Mason coat of arms, publications, postcard images, aerial views, and a car show hosted by Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 19 is consists of images of international subjects taken during Baptie's many travels, including various settings in Central America, like Brazil, Honduras, and Ecuador; and other locations, such as Paris or India.  \n","Series 20 is made up of documents consisting of correspondence between Charles Baptie and others about photograph orders and publications. \n","Finally, Series 21 contains electronic media, specifically a number of 5 1/4 inch floppy discs used for a program called Wordstar.\n","Mid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people.  These images are in several formats: negatives, slides, prints, and publications.  \n","George Mason University--Photographs.","Gunston Hall (Va.)--Photographs.","Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n","Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969--Photographs.","Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Photographs.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["C0032\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"creator_ssm":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"creator_ssim":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"creators_ssim":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated in several stages by Charles Baptie and J. Roger Bentley.  Charles Baptie, in November 1993, donated GMU materials and other material relating to Northern Virginia.  He donated 2.4 linear feet of negatives in July 1994.  He donated more photographic negatives and other material in September 1994.  In May 2002, J. Roger Bentley donated 1900 negatives, 1,400 photographs, and some publication materials.  The next year, May 2003, he donated approximately 2,000 negatives, slides, and photographs, as well as pamphlets, postcards, news clippings and other documents.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Buildings--Photographs.","Drive-in restaurants--Photographs.","Embassy buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Monuments and memorials--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Nature--Photographs.","Service stations--Photographs.","Technology--Photographs.","Aerial photographs.","Negtaives.","Photographic prints.","Portraits.","Slides."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Buildings--Photographs.","Drive-in restaurants--Photographs.","Embassy buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Monuments and memorials--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Nature--Photographs.","Service stations--Photographs.","Technology--Photographs.","Aerial photographs.","Negtaives.","Photographic prints.","Portraits.","Slides."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["26 linear feet (24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes)"],"extent_tesim":["26 linear feet (24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes)"],"date_range_isim":[1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into 21 series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 1: Buildings: Interior and Exterior, 1947-1975\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 2: Embassies, 1950s-1970s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 3: Art, 1947-1975\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 4: Publications, 1942-1994\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 5: Texaco Stations, 1950-1972\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 6: Hot Shoppes, 1948-1953\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 7: Washington, D.C., Monuments, 1944-1991\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 8: Aerial Photographs, 1934-1991\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 9: Nature, 1917-1988\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 10: Maps and Building Plans, 1941-1973\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 11: People, 1944-1976\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 12: Food, 1950s-1960s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 13: Museum Exhibits, 1952-1970s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 14: Animals, 1946-1980s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 15: Technology, 1948-1974\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 16: George Mason College, 1959-1976\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 17: Vehicles, 1946-1995\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 18: Gunston Hall, 1960s-1993\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 19: International, 1958-1989\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 20: Correspondence, 1955-1990s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 21: Electronic Media, 1970s-1980s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003c/list\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is organized into 21 series.","Series 1: Buildings: Interior and Exterior, 1947-1975\n Series 2: Embassies, 1950s-1970s\n Series 3: Art, 1947-1975\n Series 4: Publications, 1942-1994\n Series 5: Texaco Stations, 1950-1972\n Series 6: Hot Shoppes, 1948-1953\n Series 7: Washington, D.C., Monuments, 1944-1991\n Series 8: Aerial Photographs, 1934-1991\n Series 9: Nature, 1917-1988\n Series 10: Maps and Building Plans, 1941-1973\n Series 11: People, 1944-1976\n Series 12: Food, 1950s-1960s\n Series 13: Museum Exhibits, 1952-1970s\n Series 14: Animals, 1946-1980s\n Series 15: Technology, 1948-1974\n Series 16: George Mason College, 1959-1976\n Series 17: Vehicles, 1946-1995\n Series 18: Gunston Hall, 1960s-1993\n Series 19: International, 1958-1989\n Series 20: Correspondence, 1955-1990s\n Series 21: Electronic Media, 1970s-1980s\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCharles Baptie, a photographer, printer, and publisher, was born in Munhall, PA on March 13, 1914. Early in life, Baptie became interested in photography and airplanes, interests that would eventually lead to him becoming a photographer and public relations agent for Capital Airlines. His camera recorded the life of the airline for many years. When Capital Airlines merged with United Airlines, Baptie left the company and formed his own business, Charles Baptie Studios, Inc.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile operating his own studio, Baptie provided photographs for more than fifty books and other publications, including: \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCapital Airlines: A Nostalgic Flight Into the Past\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Houses of Washington\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCamera on Assignment\u003c/title\u003e (with Ollie Atkins), the sixteen volume \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eEncyclopedia of United States History\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGuest House of the Presidents\u003c/title\u003e, the story of the Blair Lee House, and \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMid the Hills of Pennsylvania\u003c/title\u003e. As a photojournalist, Baptie covered feature stories for leading magazines and other news publications. Over the course of his journalistic career, Baptie met and photographed many world leaders and public figures.  He passed away in 2000.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Charles Baptie, a photographer, printer, and publisher, was born in Munhall, PA on March 13, 1914. Early in life, Baptie became interested in photography and airplanes, interests that would eventually lead to him becoming a photographer and public relations agent for Capital Airlines. His camera recorded the life of the airline for many years. When Capital Airlines merged with United Airlines, Baptie left the company and formed his own business, Charles Baptie Studios, Inc.\n","While operating his own studio, Baptie provided photographs for more than fifty books and other publications, including:  Capital Airlines: A Nostalgic Flight Into the Past ,  Great Houses of Washington ,  Camera on Assignment  (with Ollie Atkins), the sixteen volume  Encyclopedia of United States History ,  Guest House of the Presidents , the story of the Blair Lee House, and  Mid the Hills of Pennsylvania . As a photojournalist, Baptie covered feature stories for leading magazines and other news publications. Over the course of his journalistic career, Baptie met and photographed many world leaders and public figures.  He passed away in 2000."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Charles Baptie Photograph Collection contains color prints and negatives of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason; color transparencies from the Encyclopedia of United States History; color transparencies and prints from the Great Houses of Washington, D.C.; black \u0026amp; white negatives of the Washington metropolitan area; and photographs of George Mason College.  There are, in addition, aerial photographs, photographs of malaria prevention overseas, and publicity photographs for various publications. Also included in this collection are photographs pertaining to the childrens' book, Herkie the Pup, written by Charles Baptie. 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Images in the series include the Mason coat of arms, publications, postcard images, aerial views, and a car show hosted by Gunston Hall.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 19 is consists of images of international subjects taken during Baptie's many travels, including various settings in Central America, like Brazil, Honduras, and Ecuador; and other locations, such as Paris or India.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 20 is made up of documents consisting of correspondence between Charles Baptie and others about photograph orders and publications. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinally, Series 21 contains electronic media, specifically a number of 5 1/4 inch floppy discs used for a program called Wordstar.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Charles Baptie Photograph Collection contains color prints and negatives of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason; color transparencies from the Encyclopedia of United States History; color transparencies and prints from the Great Houses of Washington, D.C.; black \u0026 white negatives of the Washington metropolitan area; and photographs of George Mason College.  There are, in addition, aerial photographs, photographs of malaria prevention overseas, and publicity photographs for various publications. Also included in this collection are photographs pertaining to the childrens' book, Herkie the Pup, written by Charles Baptie. The total volume of the collection is 26 linear feet, consisting of 24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes.  ","Series 1 is a group of images of buildings, both interior and exterior, including facades of famous houses and embassies around DC as well as images of the interior decorations; also included are images of churches, DC monuments, hotels, restaurants, schools, laboratories, service stations, theaters, hospitals, and personal homes.  \n","Series 2 consists of images of the Belgian, Brazilian, French, Irish, Mexican, Peruvian, Spanish, and Turkish embassies; most of these items are also found in series 1. \n","Series 3 contains images of artwork, including of paintings, sculptures, dolls, trophies, and architecture; also images of artwork used for publications such as a baseball book, an Encyclopedia of American History, a History of the Civil War, and a Northern Virginia guidebook.  \n","Series 4 is for Publications for which Baptie either provided photos or printed at his studio including brochures and pamphlets, guide books, logos, small print books, magazines, and poetry collections.  \n","Series 5 shows images of Texaco stations in the area, both on the ground and in the air throughout the Washington, D.C., area included are aerial views and on-the-ground images, as well as plans, blueprints, portraits, and vehicles.  \n","Hot Shoppes restaurant photos make up Series 6, Hot Shoppes were a chain of restaurant owned by the Marriott Company and the series includes images of food, their Airline service, their kitchens, and the dining rooms of the restaurants. \n","Series 7 includes photographs of D.C. monuments and landmarks including Capitol Hill, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, and Mount Vernon.  \n","Series 8 contains images from several other series that happen to be aerial shots, as well as general aerial views from around the country; images of nearby locations include Alexandria, Annandale, Texaco service stations, construction sites, DC monuments, Gunston Hall, Sully Plantation, and the Potomac River.  \n","Series 9 consists of nature scenes, such as trees, mountains, clouds, gardens, fireworks, sunsets, clouds, bodies of water, landscapes, and cemeteries.  \n","Series 10 contains maps and building plans, such as blueprints or architectural renderings, specific topics include St. Agnes School, Baltimore, Texaco, Hazelton labs, Woodbridge Toll Center, and Fairfax Hills.  \n","People make up the subject of Series 11, where the people are doing something else or just taking a portrait.  Many photos have unidentified subjects, while others show notable Washingtonians and politicians, athletes, scientists, wedding guests, presidents, actors, the National Symphony, and military leaders.  \n","Series 12 consists of pictures of food from restaurants, Hot Shoppes, and holiday events.  \n","Series 13 is made up of museum exhibits and artifacts including the Star Spangled Banner, dolls, and various Smithsonian objects and exhibits.  \n","Series 14 documents various animals including monkeys, horses, birds, bees, cattle, dogs, hippopotamuses, snakes, butterflies and animals for scientific testing.  \n","Series 15 shows different types of technology such as science labs, computers, a space shuttle, factories, and a camera.  ","George Mason College is featured in Series 16 with images of athletic teams, staff members, buildings, campus, students, graduations, George Mason Day, and printed materials.  \n","Series 17 includes pictures of vehicles, such as cars, baby carriage, planes, trains, ships, helicopters and bicycles.  \n","Series 18 consists of images from Gunston Hall, the historical home of George Mason.  Images in the series include the Mason coat of arms, publications, postcard images, aerial views, and a car show hosted by Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 19 is consists of images of international subjects taken during Baptie's many travels, including various settings in Central America, like Brazil, Honduras, and Ecuador; and other locations, such as Paris or India.  \n","Series 20 is made up of documents consisting of correspondence between Charles Baptie and others about photograph orders and publications. \n","Finally, Series 21 contains electronic media, specifically a number of 5 1/4 inch floppy discs used for a program called Wordstar.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eMid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people.  These images are in several formats: negatives, slides, prints, and publications.  \n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Mid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people.  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Early in life, Baptie became interested in photography and airplanes, interests that would eventually lead to him becoming a photographer and public relations agent for Capital Airlines. His camera recorded the life of the airline for many years. When Capital Airlines merged with United Airlines, Baptie left the company and formed his own business, Charles Baptie Studios, Inc.\n","While operating his own studio, Baptie provided photographs for more than fifty books and other publications, including:  Capital Airlines: A Nostalgic Flight Into the Past ,  Great Houses of Washington ,  Camera on Assignment  (with Ollie Atkins), the sixteen volume  Encyclopedia of United States History ,  Guest House of the Presidents , the story of the Blair Lee House, and  Mid the Hills of Pennsylvania . As a photojournalist, Baptie covered feature stories for leading magazines and other news publications. Over the course of his journalistic career, Baptie met and photographed many world leaders and public figures.  He passed away in 2000.","The Charles Baptie Photograph Collection contains color prints and negatives of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason; color transparencies from the Encyclopedia of United States History; color transparencies and prints from the Great Houses of Washington, D.C.; black \u0026 white negatives of the Washington metropolitan area; and photographs of George Mason College.  There are, in addition, aerial photographs, photographs of malaria prevention overseas, and publicity photographs for various publications. Also included in this collection are photographs pertaining to the childrens' book, Herkie the Pup, written by Charles Baptie. The total volume of the collection is 26 linear feet, consisting of 24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes.  ","Series 1 is a group of images of buildings, both interior and exterior, including facades of famous houses and embassies around DC as well as images of the interior decorations; also included are images of churches, DC monuments, hotels, restaurants, schools, laboratories, service stations, theaters, hospitals, and personal homes.  \n","Series 2 consists of images of the Belgian, Brazilian, French, Irish, Mexican, Peruvian, Spanish, and Turkish embassies; most of these items are also found in series 1. \n","Series 3 contains images of artwork, including of paintings, sculptures, dolls, trophies, and architecture; also images of artwork used for publications such as a baseball book, an Encyclopedia of American History, a History of the Civil War, and a Northern Virginia guidebook.  \n","Series 4 is for Publications for which Baptie either provided photos or printed at his studio including brochures and pamphlets, guide books, logos, small print books, magazines, and poetry collections.  \n","Series 5 shows images of Texaco stations in the area, both on the ground and in the air throughout the Washington, D.C., area included are aerial views and on-the-ground images, as well as plans, blueprints, portraits, and vehicles.  \n","Hot Shoppes restaurant photos make up Series 6, Hot Shoppes were a chain of restaurant owned by the Marriott Company and the series includes images of food, their Airline service, their kitchens, and the dining rooms of the restaurants. \n","Series 7 includes photographs of D.C. monuments and landmarks including Capitol Hill, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, and Mount Vernon.  \n","Series 8 contains images from several other series that happen to be aerial shots, as well as general aerial views from around the country; images of nearby locations include Alexandria, Annandale, Texaco service stations, construction sites, DC monuments, Gunston Hall, Sully Plantation, and the Potomac River.  \n","Series 9 consists of nature scenes, such as trees, mountains, clouds, gardens, fireworks, sunsets, clouds, bodies of water, landscapes, and cemeteries.  \n","Series 10 contains maps and building plans, such as blueprints or architectural renderings, specific topics include St. Agnes School, Baltimore, Texaco, Hazelton labs, Woodbridge Toll Center, and Fairfax Hills.  \n","People make up the subject of Series 11, where the people are doing something else or just taking a portrait.  Many photos have unidentified subjects, while others show notable Washingtonians and politicians, athletes, scientists, wedding guests, presidents, actors, the National Symphony, and military leaders.  \n","Series 12 consists of pictures of food from restaurants, Hot Shoppes, and holiday events.  \n","Series 13 is made up of museum exhibits and artifacts including the Star Spangled Banner, dolls, and various Smithsonian objects and exhibits.  \n","Series 14 documents various animals including monkeys, horses, birds, bees, cattle, dogs, hippopotamuses, snakes, butterflies and animals for scientific testing.  \n","Series 15 shows different types of technology such as science labs, computers, a space shuttle, factories, and a camera.  ","George Mason College is featured in Series 16 with images of athletic teams, staff members, buildings, campus, students, graduations, George Mason Day, and printed materials.  \n","Series 17 includes pictures of vehicles, such as cars, baby carriage, planes, trains, ships, helicopters and bicycles.  \n","Series 18 consists of images from Gunston Hall, the historical home of George Mason.  Images in the series include the Mason coat of arms, publications, postcard images, aerial views, and a car show hosted by Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 19 is consists of images of international subjects taken during Baptie's many travels, including various settings in Central America, like Brazil, Honduras, and Ecuador; and other locations, such as Paris or India.  \n","Series 20 is made up of documents consisting of correspondence between Charles Baptie and others about photograph orders and publications. \n","Finally, Series 21 contains electronic media, specifically a number of 5 1/4 inch floppy discs used for a program called Wordstar.\n","Mid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people.  These images are in several formats: negatives, slides, prints, and publications.  \n","George Mason University--Photographs.","Gunston Hall (Va.)--Photographs.","Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n","Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969--Photographs.","Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Photographs.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["C0032\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection"],"collection_ssim":["The Charles Baptie photograph collection"],"repository_ssm":["George Mason University"],"repository_ssim":["George Mason University"],"creator_ssm":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"creator_ssim":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"creators_ssim":["Charles Baptie, 1914-2000\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated in several stages by Charles Baptie and J. Roger Bentley.  Charles Baptie, in November 1993, donated GMU materials and other material relating to Northern Virginia.  He donated 2.4 linear feet of negatives in July 1994.  He donated more photographic negatives and other material in September 1994.  In May 2002, J. Roger Bentley donated 1900 negatives, 1,400 photographs, and some publication materials.  The next year, May 2003, he donated approximately 2,000 negatives, slides, and photographs, as well as pamphlets, postcards, news clippings and other documents.\n"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Buildings--Photographs.","Drive-in restaurants--Photographs.","Embassy buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Monuments and memorials--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Nature--Photographs.","Service stations--Photographs.","Technology--Photographs.","Aerial photographs.","Negtaives.","Photographic prints.","Portraits.","Slides."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Buildings--Photographs.","Drive-in restaurants--Photographs.","Embassy buildings--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Monuments and memorials--Washington (D.C.)--Photographs.","Nature--Photographs.","Service stations--Photographs.","Technology--Photographs.","Aerial photographs.","Negtaives.","Photographic prints.","Portraits.","Slides."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["26 linear feet (24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes)"],"extent_tesim":["26 linear feet (24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes)"],"date_range_isim":[1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into 21 series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 1: Buildings: Interior and Exterior, 1947-1975\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 2: Embassies, 1950s-1970s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 3: Art, 1947-1975\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 4: Publications, 1942-1994\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 5: Texaco Stations, 1950-1972\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 6: Hot Shoppes, 1948-1953\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 7: Washington, D.C., Monuments, 1944-1991\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 8: Aerial Photographs, 1934-1991\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 9: Nature, 1917-1988\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 10: Maps and Building Plans, 1941-1973\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 11: People, 1944-1976\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 12: Food, 1950s-1960s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 13: Museum Exhibits, 1952-1970s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 14: Animals, 1946-1980s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 15: Technology, 1948-1974\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 16: George Mason College, 1959-1976\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 17: Vehicles, 1946-1995\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 18: Gunston Hall, 1960s-1993\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 19: International, 1958-1989\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 20: Correspondence, 1955-1990s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003citem\u003eSeries 21: Electronic Media, 1970s-1980s\n\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003c/list\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is organized into 21 series.","Series 1: Buildings: Interior and Exterior, 1947-1975\n Series 2: Embassies, 1950s-1970s\n Series 3: Art, 1947-1975\n Series 4: Publications, 1942-1994\n Series 5: Texaco Stations, 1950-1972\n Series 6: Hot Shoppes, 1948-1953\n Series 7: Washington, D.C., Monuments, 1944-1991\n Series 8: Aerial Photographs, 1934-1991\n Series 9: Nature, 1917-1988\n Series 10: Maps and Building Plans, 1941-1973\n Series 11: People, 1944-1976\n Series 12: Food, 1950s-1960s\n Series 13: Museum Exhibits, 1952-1970s\n Series 14: Animals, 1946-1980s\n Series 15: Technology, 1948-1974\n Series 16: George Mason College, 1959-1976\n Series 17: Vehicles, 1946-1995\n Series 18: Gunston Hall, 1960s-1993\n Series 19: International, 1958-1989\n Series 20: Correspondence, 1955-1990s\n Series 21: Electronic Media, 1970s-1980s\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCharles Baptie, a photographer, printer, and publisher, was born in Munhall, PA on March 13, 1914. Early in life, Baptie became interested in photography and airplanes, interests that would eventually lead to him becoming a photographer and public relations agent for Capital Airlines. His camera recorded the life of the airline for many years. When Capital Airlines merged with United Airlines, Baptie left the company and formed his own business, Charles Baptie Studios, Inc.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile operating his own studio, Baptie provided photographs for more than fifty books and other publications, including: \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCapital Airlines: A Nostalgic Flight Into the Past\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Houses of Washington\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCamera on Assignment\u003c/title\u003e (with Ollie Atkins), the sixteen volume \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eEncyclopedia of United States History\u003c/title\u003e, \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGuest House of the Presidents\u003c/title\u003e, the story of the Blair Lee House, and \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMid the Hills of Pennsylvania\u003c/title\u003e. As a photojournalist, Baptie covered feature stories for leading magazines and other news publications. Over the course of his journalistic career, Baptie met and photographed many world leaders and public figures.  He passed away in 2000.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Charles Baptie, a photographer, printer, and publisher, was born in Munhall, PA on March 13, 1914. Early in life, Baptie became interested in photography and airplanes, interests that would eventually lead to him becoming a photographer and public relations agent for Capital Airlines. His camera recorded the life of the airline for many years. When Capital Airlines merged with United Airlines, Baptie left the company and formed his own business, Charles Baptie Studios, Inc.\n","While operating his own studio, Baptie provided photographs for more than fifty books and other publications, including:  Capital Airlines: A Nostalgic Flight Into the Past ,  Great Houses of Washington ,  Camera on Assignment  (with Ollie Atkins), the sixteen volume  Encyclopedia of United States History ,  Guest House of the Presidents , the story of the Blair Lee House, and  Mid the Hills of Pennsylvania . As a photojournalist, Baptie covered feature stories for leading magazines and other news publications. Over the course of his journalistic career, Baptie met and photographed many world leaders and public figures.  He passed away in 2000."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Charles Baptie Photograph Collection contains color prints and negatives of Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason; color transparencies from the Encyclopedia of United States History; color transparencies and prints from the Great Houses of Washington, D.C.; black \u0026amp; white negatives of the Washington metropolitan area; and photographs of George Mason College.  There are, in addition, aerial photographs, photographs of malaria prevention overseas, and publicity photographs for various publications. Also included in this collection are photographs pertaining to the childrens' book, Herkie the Pup, written by Charles Baptie. 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There are, in addition, aerial photographs, photographs of malaria prevention overseas, and publicity photographs for various publications. Also included in this collection are photographs pertaining to the childrens' book, Herkie the Pup, written by Charles Baptie. The total volume of the collection is 26 linear feet, consisting of 24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes.  ","Series 1 is a group of images of buildings, both interior and exterior, including facades of famous houses and embassies around DC as well as images of the interior decorations; also included are images of churches, DC monuments, hotels, restaurants, schools, laboratories, service stations, theaters, hospitals, and personal homes.  \n","Series 2 consists of images of the Belgian, Brazilian, French, Irish, Mexican, Peruvian, Spanish, and Turkish embassies; most of these items are also found in series 1. \n","Series 3 contains images of artwork, including of paintings, sculptures, dolls, trophies, and architecture; also images of artwork used for publications such as a baseball book, an Encyclopedia of American History, a History of the Civil War, and a Northern Virginia guidebook.  \n","Series 4 is for Publications for which Baptie either provided photos or printed at his studio including brochures and pamphlets, guide books, logos, small print books, magazines, and poetry collections.  \n","Series 5 shows images of Texaco stations in the area, both on the ground and in the air throughout the Washington, D.C., area included are aerial views and on-the-ground images, as well as plans, blueprints, portraits, and vehicles.  \n","Hot Shoppes restaurant photos make up Series 6, Hot Shoppes were a chain of restaurant owned by the Marriott Company and the series includes images of food, their Airline service, their kitchens, and the dining rooms of the restaurants. \n","Series 7 includes photographs of D.C. monuments and landmarks including Capitol Hill, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, and Mount Vernon.  \n","Series 8 contains images from several other series that happen to be aerial shots, as well as general aerial views from around the country; images of nearby locations include Alexandria, Annandale, Texaco service stations, construction sites, DC monuments, Gunston Hall, Sully Plantation, and the Potomac River.  \n","Series 9 consists of nature scenes, such as trees, mountains, clouds, gardens, fireworks, sunsets, clouds, bodies of water, landscapes, and cemeteries.  \n","Series 10 contains maps and building plans, such as blueprints or architectural renderings, specific topics include St. Agnes School, Baltimore, Texaco, Hazelton labs, Woodbridge Toll Center, and Fairfax Hills.  \n","People make up the subject of Series 11, where the people are doing something else or just taking a portrait.  Many photos have unidentified subjects, while others show notable Washingtonians and politicians, athletes, scientists, wedding guests, presidents, actors, the National Symphony, and military leaders.  \n","Series 12 consists of pictures of food from restaurants, Hot Shoppes, and holiday events.  \n","Series 13 is made up of museum exhibits and artifacts including the Star Spangled Banner, dolls, and various Smithsonian objects and exhibits.  \n","Series 14 documents various animals including monkeys, horses, birds, bees, cattle, dogs, hippopotamuses, snakes, butterflies and animals for scientific testing.  \n","Series 15 shows different types of technology such as science labs, computers, a space shuttle, factories, and a camera.  ","George Mason College is featured in Series 16 with images of athletic teams, staff members, buildings, campus, students, graduations, George Mason Day, and printed materials.  \n","Series 17 includes pictures of vehicles, such as cars, baby carriage, planes, trains, ships, helicopters and bicycles.  \n","Series 18 consists of images from Gunston Hall, the historical home of George Mason.  Images in the series include the Mason coat of arms, publications, postcard images, aerial views, and a car show hosted by Gunston Hall.  \n","Series 19 is consists of images of international subjects taken during Baptie's many travels, including various settings in Central America, like Brazil, Honduras, and Ecuador; and other locations, such as Paris or India.  \n","Series 20 is made up of documents consisting of correspondence between Charles Baptie and others about photograph orders and publications. \n","Finally, Series 21 contains electronic media, specifically a number of 5 1/4 inch floppy discs used for a program called Wordstar.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eMid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people.  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