Photographs and Audio Visual, 1902-1997

Scope and content:

This series holds materials used to advertise and promote The Children's Home Society of Florida as well as loosely chronicle its history. Items here include film reels, audio reels, TV and video tapes, photographs, and photo blocks. The photo blocks are made up of wood and metal with a negative of an image imprinted on a metal sheet which is then wrapped and nailed to a block of wood. This photo block is then placed on a printing press and copiesof the image are printed onto media.

A vast majority of the photographs found here have not been identified. They are grouped into categories ranging from founders, administrators, and caseworkers to teen boys, teen girls, young boys, young girls, and babies. Original artwork for various publications can be found here including a hand painted cover for the 1923 annual report. Many of the items found in this series were created for use in advertising campaigns as well as the society's own publications. Some reels are archival footage of events and meetings by and for the society while slide presentations were created by the society for use in educational seminars.

In some cases, multiple film and audio presentations can be found on one film or audio reel. All presentations have been listed by name in the finding aid and are numbered according to which media reel it is contained on. Each film, television, and audio reel has been given a number so it is possible to find several presentations on the same piece of media.

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