Photo sale records (index cards), ca. 1925-1942

This series primarily consists of index cards which were Ruth Alexander Nichols’s preferred method of tracking the sales of her photographs. Each index card describes the subject of the print (i.e. “baby in bath”) and the dates and names involved with its purchase. Also included are thumbnail-sized images and elaborations on the rights of ownership of the photographs. For details on the contents of each box of index cards, please refer to the addendum, “Business and Financial Materials – Index Cards.”

In addition to these index cards (all c. 1925-42) Series 8 includes financial statements on Ruth Alexander Nichols’s photographic business produced by her accountant, Charles Reydel. Finally, eight business ledgers, containing records of Ruth Alexander’s business transactions and dated 1932-62, complete the financial series.