Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 349 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck (incomplete), 14 December 1900
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/36
Scope and Contents
Hagenbeck sends Ewart details and photographs (not present) of his cross breeding experiments with a lion and a tiger born at the Hagenpark in Hamburg in 1897. He is also attempting to cross a female leopard with a Bengal tiger.
The latter part of the letter is not present.
The latter part of the letter is not present.
Dates:
14 December 1900
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Cecil Howard Digby Fetherstonhaugh, 06 September 1903
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/94
Scope and Contents
Fetherstonhaugh answers Ewart's enquiry about his dun mare and confirms that he purchased her from County Carlow. He writes that he is enclosing two photographs (not present) showing the markings on the mare.
Dates:
06 September 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Dawson, with photograph, 28 June 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/14
Scope and Contents
Dawson encloses a photograph showing a horse, nicknamed 'Satan', which has two horn-like prominences on the frontal skull bones, as well as striped markings. Dawson has never come across this variation before and enquires whether Ewart can give him any similar examples.
Dates:
28 June 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles J. Birkeland, 11 July 1905
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/16
Scope and Contents
Birkeland apologises for the delay in returning the box of Ewart's belongings from Mexico, which was due to his illness. He will try and get photographs and details of any more of the animals in which Ewart was interested. He provides details of the other guests staying with him in Mexico.
Dates:
11 July 1905
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles L. Sutherland, 09 April 1901
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/10
Scope and Contents
Sutherland alerts Ewart to the photograph of a peculiar looking mule which he asserts resembles a zebra, and which he wonders might merit some research. He provides some personal details and asks 'what is being done with 'Romulus'?' (Ewart's first zebra/horse hybrid).
Dates:
09 April 1901
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Clement King Shorter, 07 November 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/117
Scope and Contents
Shorter writes he would be glad for a drawing to be made from Ewart's photograph.
Dates:
07 November 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 June 1898
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/14
Scope and Contents
Oliphant thanks Ewart for some photographs and apologises for not having replied earlier. He states he will try and send Ewart a photograph of a horse and keep him informed of whether the zebra, which he has cross-bred with a horse, is likely to foal.
Dates:
17 June 1898
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Comte Maurice Delamarre de Monchaux (in French), 31 March 1897
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/3/3
Scope and Contents
Delamarre states that he had read about Ewart's researches in hybridisation in a volume of La Revue Scientifique and was enclosing a photograph of an animal which was currently living in the zoological gardens of the Bois de Boulogne (photograph not present).
Dates:
31 March 1897
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Digby Willoughby, 20 May 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/54
Scope and Contents
Willoughby, who signs himself 'Middleton', thanks Ewart for the photograph he sent and provides one of his pony (not present). He reports that the daughter of the white-maned mare at Applecross has just foaled to a thoroughbred horse and writes that he will consider the prospect of Ewart's pony going to Applecross.
Dates:
20 May 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Donald McKenzie, 20 February 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/15
Scope and Contents
McKenzie writes of his photograph collection of the best specimens of Highland ponies and asks for Ewart's help in sourcing a photograph of Mr Forsyth of Quinish's two year old pony. He intends to collect the photographs in an album for circulation, and states that he has had several applications for the pedigree of 'Belle' and 'Herd Laddie'.
Dates:
20 February 1904