Collection Summary
| Title | Visual materials from the Daniel Carter Beard papers |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | ca. 1840-ca. 1941 |
| Call No. | Guide Record |
| Creator | Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 |
| Extent | ca. 2,917 photographs, stereograph cards, postcards, prints, and tintypes |
| Language | Collection material in English. |
| Location | Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp021005 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2021637012 |
| Summary | Daniel Carter Beard was an American book illustrator and art instructor who specialized in the drawing of outdoor life and wildlife in the United States and Canada. He was very involved in outdoor activities and was an important figure in the formation of the Boy Scouts of America. This group of photographic and graphic materials probably served as his personal study collection. |
| Note | Please note that terminology in historical materials can appear in Library descriptions and does not always match the language preferred by members of the communities depicted, and may include negative stereotypes or words some may consider offensive. The Library presents the historic captions because they can be important for understanding the context in which the images were created. |
| Online Content | To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number or descriptive words. |