African Collections

Asian/Oceanian Collections

American Historical Collections

Latin American Collections

Musical Instrument Collections

Native American Collections

Photographic Collections

Textile Collections


Photographic Collections


The Mathers Museum has several significant collections of photographic materials. These include over 8,000 images of the Wanamaker Collection of American Indian photographs, the Shaw-Starkes photographs of Bloomington, ca. 1900-1935, and the Elizabeth Bridgwaters and John Drake collections documenting the African-American Community in Bloomington, ca. 1900-1990.

In addition, there are several historic sets of lantern slides representing scenes from around the world. The artifact collections include several historic/antique cameras and examples of home film and print processing technology.


 
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