Fonds DescriptionThe collection was put together and organized by István Bartók from 1990 to 2007. In addition to the photos and photo albums, handwritten guides, and photo negatives were added by Bartók. The collection came to the Blinken OSA Archivum in 2014 and became available to researchers after being arranged and scanned in 2023.
The fonds contains arranged albums of photographs made and newspaper clippings collected by István Bartók.
Dr. István Bartók (1929-2007), a renowned professor of liver pathology, after his retirement took up the hobby of walking the city and photographing it. After the fall of Communism, he tirelessly roamed the streets of Budapest, taking photos, and creating carefully arranged photo albums. In addition to his own photographs, the albums include documents of public life, newspaper clippings he entitled the National Pantheon and the Pictorial Chronicle which, in addition to press clippings, included election campaign mailings, photographs of posters, and even brochures of the Budapest Transport Company containing practical travel information. However, the bulk of the collection consisting altogether 30 albums (with 2-300 photos per album), is devoted to the streets, buildings, and facades of Budapest. The collection, arranged in four series, contains documents related to Bartók's activities as a photographer. In addition to the paper enlargements, the collection of nearly 10,000 photographs includes the photographer's own register (first series), 31 photo albums with his handwritten captions (second series), as well as photo collections in photo sleeves (third series) and developed negatives of his photographs (fourth series).
The collection is organized based entirely on the original order, in the manner in which it was accessioned.
Fonds DescriptionThe collection was put together and organized by István Bartók from 1990 to 2007. In addition to the photos and photo albums, handwritten guides, and photo negatives were added by Bartók. The collection came to the Blinken OSA Archivum in 2014 and became available to researchers after being arranged and scanned in 2023.
The fonds contains arranged albums of photographs made and newspaper clippings collected by István Bartók.
Dr. István Bartók (1929-2007), a renowned professor of liver pathology, after his retirement took up the hobby of walking the city and photographing it. After the fall of Communism, he tirelessly roamed the streets of Budapest, taking photos, and creating carefully arranged photo albums. In addition to his own photographs, the albums include documents of public life, newspaper clippings he entitled the National Pantheon and the Pictorial Chronicle which, in addition to press clippings, included election campaign mailings, photographs of posters, and even brochures of the Budapest Transport Company containing practical travel information. However, the bulk of the collection consisting altogether 30 albums (with 2-300 photos per album), is devoted to the streets, buildings, and facades of Budapest. The collection, arranged in four series, contains documents related to Bartók's activities as a photographer. In addition to the paper enlargements, the collection of nearly 10,000 photographs includes the photographer's own register (first series), 31 photo albums with his handwritten captions (second series), as well as photo collections in photo sleeves (third series) and developed negatives of his photographs (fourth series).
The collection is organized based entirely on the original order, in the manner in which it was accessioned.