Index to Safety Negative Portraits in the Erik Overbey Collection

There are more than 14,000 safety portraits in the Erik Overbey Collection. Nitrate film, the immediate predecessor to safety film, was and is flammable. Thus, the reason for the name "safety." These portraits were taken between the Second World War and the 1960s, and came into USA Archives' possession in 1978. Those interested in portraits of Mobilians taken from the 1880s to c. 1915 should see the Index to Overbey Glass Plate Portraits. Those interested in portraits made between the First and Second World Wars should consult the Index to Overbey Nitrate Portraits. Researchers should keep in mind that there is some overlap, so, if you are interested in a portrait made in, say, 1949, you should check both the Nitrate and Safety indexes. Or, if you are interested in a portrait taken in 1911, you should check both the Glass and Nitrate indexes.

This index is arranged alphabetically by last name. It also lists the subject of the portrait, the date the portrait was taken, the size of the negative, and the number of negatives contained in each negative sleeve. Please see the key below for an explanation of the various abbreviations used in this index.To order a reprint of one of these portraits, please see our reproduction services page. It will detail the cost, sizes offered, and delivery time. Interested parties can also email the archives at archives@jaguar1.usouthal.edu.

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Key:

Subject; C=Child, F=Female, M=Male, G=Group

 

NAME SUBJECT DATE SIZE NUMBER
LABORDE, JOHN M 1942 5x7 3
LACEY, BERNICE C 1943 5x7 1
LACEY, EDRIS F 1961 5x7 1
LACEY, J I F 2/11/48 5x7 8
LACOSTE,  W M 1/19/48 5x7 4
LACY, G R M 7/9/51 5x7 1
LACY, H L M 1942 5x7 1
LACY, RUTH F 12/31/59 5x7 3
LADD, EARNEST M 1/22/54 5x7 14
LADD, EARNEST M ND 5x7 6
LADD, EARNEST M ND 5x7 3
LADD, GILBERT M 12/4/56 5x7 5
LADD, VIRGINIA C 3/27/52 5x7 1
LADNER, C M M 7/25/44 5x7 6
LADNER, C M F 1945 MIX 6
LADNER, JAMES M 1/12/53 5x7 3
LADNER, R M 3/10/51 5x7 1
LADNIER, HERBERT C 10/18/52 5x7 5
LADNIER, L L DESTROYED 1940   0
LADNIER, L R M 5/15/48 5x7 5
LADY (YOUNG) F ND 8x10 1
LAFLEUR F 1942 5x7 3
LAFLEUR, N C M 5/24/40 5x7 1
LAFOLLETTE, W G M 1943 5x7 2
LAGMAN M 1943 3x5 1
LAGMAN C ND 5x7 4
LAICHE, W.L. (SEE C.G.PAS22) 5M ND 5x7 1
LAIRD, R K C 1946 5x7 6
LAIRD, RICHARD K M,F,C 3/12/45 5x7 8
LAKOS M 1946 5x7 1
LAKOS, HARRY M,F,2C 1952 5x7 1
LALAZOR, LAURMIMO M 1948 5x7 1
LAM, CARLOS M 6/2/58 5x7 1
LAMAN, J L M 2/7/58 5x7 9
LAMB, ELIZABETH F 9/4/43 5x7 3
LAMBEAN, A D M 10/29/34 5x7 3
LAMBERT, CAMILLA F 2/16/55 5x7 1
LAMBERT, D.W. (SEE C.G.PAS40) 14M ND MIX 3
LAMBERT, FAYE F 9/25/43 MIX 3
LAMBERT, FAYE F 1943 5x7 1
LAMBERT, FRITZ M 1950s 5x7 1
LAMBERT, GATSIE F 9/10/43 5x7 4
LAMBERT, H E M 3/22/51 5x7 1
LAMBERT, HAROLD M,F 1952 5x7 4
LAMBERT, HAROLD M 8/16/52 5x7 3
LAMBERT, K L M,F 11/13/53 5x7 7
LAMBERT, K L F 10/28/54 5x7 1
LAMBERT, K L F,M & 2C 1942 5x7 7
LAMBERT, LOIS F 5/24/42 5x7 3
LAMBERT, LOIS F 3/21/42 5x7 3
LAMBERT, MARY F 1947 5x7 1
LAMBERT, R L M,F 9/5/62 5x7 8
LAMBERT, ROSELLA F,C 10/15/49 5x7 7
LAMBERT, ROSELLA 2F,2C 2/20/54 5x7 7
LAMBERT, SUSIE M 1945 5x7 1
LAMBERT, VONNIE F 8/10/55 5x7 8
LAMBERT, VONNIE F 2/2/57 3x5 5
LAMBERT, W W M,C ND 5x7 1
LAMBERT, W W M & C ND MIX 2
LAMBERTH, ROY S M 11/8/58 5x7 2
LAMBERTH, VIOLA F 1944 5x7 2
LAMBETH, H A M 11/10/58 5x7 2
LAMBETH, WILLIS M 3/7/53 M 1
LAMI, H E G 12/2/43 8x10 3
LAMMON, H F,C 8/12/45 5x7 4
LAMMON, H M 1945 5x7 1
LAMPLEY, W A M 1948 5x7 6
LAMPPIN, DOUGLAS M 7/25/58 5x7 1
LANCASTER, D F M 1947 3x5 1
LANCASTER, HERBERT M 7/20/60 5x7 3
LANCASTER, LILLIE M F 1941-42? MIX 3
LANCASTER, ROBERT D M 7/7/58 5x7 4
LAND, JOHN F 1948 5x7 1
LAND, JOHN M 1948 5x7 1
LANDRUM, CLAUDE M 1947 5x7 1
LANE, ALTA F 1943 5x7 4
LANE, AUBREY F,M,C 2/4/42 5x7 2
LANE, ETHEL F 1955 5x7 9
LANE, FRED F 8/1/43 MIX 4
LANE, GRADY C 7/12/45 5x7 3
LANE, H W M 10/2/61 5x7 4
LANE, IRINE F 1943 5x7 3
LANE, LUTHER M,F 1/5/63 5x7 1
LANE, NELLIE F 7/18/51 5x7 4
LANE, NELLIE F 12/15/51 5x7 5
LANE, NELLIE F 5/31/52 5x7 4
LANE, NELLIE F 3/20/54 5x7 4
LANE, O P M 1951 3x5 1
LANE, P R F 11/23/45 5x7 4
LANE, S S M 5/23/44 5x7 5
LANE, S S M 8/14/54 5x7 6
LANEY, R A M 1942 3x5 1
LANFORD, MARGARET F 1/3/44 5x7 1
LANFORD, PAUL M 1944 5x7 1
LANG, GEORGE C 9/8/46 5x7 6
LANG, GEORGE C 1943 5x7 4
LANG, GEORGE C 1948 5x7 5
LANG, LARRY M 1952-54? 5x7 2
LANGAN, D D DESTROYED 2/2/49   0
LANGAN, J E F 1941 5x7 0
LANGAN, J M F 4/12/43 5x7 7
LANGAN, JOSEPH M 1949 5x7 1
LANGAN, M M 1945 5x7 1
LANGAN, MAUREEN M,F 8/28/44 5x7 5
LANGAN, MAUREEN M 1945 3x5 1
LANGAN, MAUREEN F 1943 5x7 3
LANGFORD M,F 8/25/60 5x7 2
LANGFORD, I C M 1942 5x7 1
LANGFORD, I C M 11/22/44 5x7 3
LANGFORD, I C M 7/3/52 5x7 7
LANGFORD, I C M,F 8/14/51 5x7 2
LANGFORD, IRVIN M 5/8/54 5x7 3
LANGHAM, J D M 2/1/60 5x7 3
LANGHAM, J D F 1/27/50 5x7 1
LANGHAM, J F F 1/24/53 5x7 2
LANGHAM, MARY FRANCES F 4/6/57 5x7 1
LANGLEY G 1944 5x7 7
LANGLEY, ANN 2C 5/10/55 5x7 12
LANGLEY, ARTIE LEE F 1944 5x7 1
LANGLEY, C F M 12/6/49 3x5 1
LANGLEY, DOROTHY C 9/6/57 5x7 8
LANGLEY, M F 4/7/49 5x7 1
LANGLEY, NANCY F 7/1/55 5x7 1
LANGLEY, R A G 3/9/46 MIX 7
LANGLEY, T P M 5/8/53 5x7 2
LANGLEY, T P M 1/13/58 5x7 1
LANGLEY, T P M 1958 5x7 4
LANGNER, VIRGINIA ADELL F 1/18/58 5x7 2
LANGSDALE, PAT F 8/22/42 5x7 4
LANGSDALE, PAT F 4/30/43 5x7 7
LANHAM, EDWARD M 5/28/47 5x7 2
LANIER, RUBY F 1944 5x7 8
LANKFORD, A T M 1/13/58 5x7 1
LANKFORD, CLARICE F 9/17/55 5x7 6
LANKFORD, OPAL F 1948 5x7 1
LANNING, M M M ND 5x7 2
LANSFORD, J C M 1/22/43 5x7 2
LAPPIN, DEAN M 12/6/43 5x7 4
LAPPINGTON, J P C 9/41 5x7 2
LAPRAIRIE, H M F 11/10/51 5x7 1
LAPRAIRIE, HENRY M 10/11/52 5x7 4
LAPRAIRIE, HENRY M,F 12/2/54 5x7 11
LARCHE, JAMES M 1941-42? 5x7 1
LARCHE, JOSEPH M 1942 5x7 4
LAREMAN, L D M 6/5/53 5x7 1
LARGE, CLYDE M 2/1/47 5x7 2
LARKIN, ANNIE F F 9/10/42 5x7 2
LARSEN, A F M 7/29/55 5x7 1
LARSEN, ALBERT F 12/11/59 5x7 1
LARSEN, GUNNAR M 3/30/46 5x7 3
LARSON M 1955 5x7 1
LARSON, W C C 12/19/59 5x7 2
LARTIGUE, A E F 1943 5x7 3
LASNER, L N C 1/31/53 5x7 1
LASSITER, A L M 2/15/56 5x7 1
LASSITER, A L M 1/14/57 5x7 1
LASSITER, L C M 5/5/48 5x7 5
LASSITER, VELMA F 3/27/41 5x7 4
LASTOVIC, J J M 10/9/56 5x7 1
LATHAM, C E M 1957 5x7 1
LATHAM, T F M 4/8/49 5x7 4
LATIMER, CARROL M 6/5/42 5x7 6
LATIMER, H R M 1945 5x7 1
LATNER, R R & J F 2M 9/30/46 5x7 5
LATSHAW M 1954 5x7 4
LATTOF, EMANUEL M 11/2/55 5x7 2
LATTOF, NOAH A M 1947 5x7 4
LAUBENTHAL M 1942 5x7 6
LAUBENTHAL, HARRY M 3/11/42 5x7 6
LAUBENTHAL, WALTER F M 4/14/42 5x7 6
LAUBER, GEORGE W M 5/27/43 5x7 5
LAUBER, J W F 1947 5x7 1
LAUBER-DIAMOND (BRIDAL) G 7/17/42 8x10 7
LAUGHAM, ROBERT M 1960 MIX 2
LAUGHLIN, B J M 1941-42? 5x7 1
LAUGHLIN, O H C 8/24/46 5x7 13
LAUGHLIN, O H M,F 3/16/43 8x10 4
LAUGHTON, WILLIAM M 3/24/49 5x7 1
LAUN, W A M,F 10/17/42 5x7 4
LAURENDINE, PAT M 7/17/50 5x7 1
LAURIE, J J F 10/29/43 5x7 4
LAURIE, J J M,F 3/10/41 5x7 0
LAUTER, ARLENE F 10/10/59 5x7 5
LAVELLE M 12/18/52 5x7 5
LAVELLE, KATHERINE M,F 1943-44? MIX 2
LAVELLE, LUCILLE F 4/7/51 5x7 1
LAVELLE, LUCILLE F 4/14/51 5x7 2
LAVELLE, T B F 1/31/49 5x7 6
LAVENE, W J M 1946 5x7 1
LAVENE, W J M 1946 5x7 6
LAVRETTO, JOHN L M 7/1/42 5x7 5
LAW, E M 1947 5x7 1
LAWLER M 6/13/41 5x7 1
LAWLER, MARY F 5/16/47 5x7 5
LAWLESS, R C M 1942 5x7 2
LAWN, C H M 1944 3x5 1
LAWRENCE, C F M 1948 5x7 1
LAWRENCE, E F 6/25/45 5x7 8
LAWRENCE, ELSIE F 1951 5x7 1
LAWS, GRACE M & F 8/17/50 5x7 2
LAWS, M M 2M,C 3/27/48 5x7 6
LAWS, MATT M 1946 5x7 1
LAWSHE, BILLIE M 2/7/44 5x7 6
LAWSHE, J F F 1945 5x7 6
LAWSHE, L T F & C 1945 5x7 13
LAWSHE, TOM M 1/29/59 5x7 2
LAWSIN, VINCENT A M 1947 3x5 1
LAWTON M ND 5x7 4
LAXTON, JOHN M 12/9/41 5x7 8
LAXTON, JOHN F 1945 5x7 1
LAXTON, LAMONT M 10/27/? 5x7 4
LAXTON, MICHEAL (BRIDE) DESTROYED 3/91 0 0
LAY, JAMES A M 1951 5x7 1
LAY, JIMMY M 1/22/62 5x7 4
LAYCOCKS, MAX M ND 5x7 3
LAYMAN M 1942 3x5 1
LAYMAN, FRANCIS C ND 5x7 4
LAYTON, E A M 9/29/53 5x7 5
LAZZARI, MARY F 1949 5x7 1
LEACH, H W 2M 1/11/44 5x7 3
LEACH, L L M 2/27/42 5x7 7
LEACHMAN, J S M 1947 5x7 1
LEACY, JOHN J M 1955 5x7 7
LEAKE, ARMSTED M & F 10/5/40 5x7 15
LEANE, E P M 1945 5x7 1
LEAR, J M ND 5x7 1
LEATHEBURY, FRANK C 8/8/49 5x7 0
LEATHERBURY F 12/41 5x7 1
LEATHERBURY F 4/28/52 5x7 2
LEATHERBURY C 5/2/42 5x7 8
LEATHERBURY, CHARLES M 5/14/53 5x7 7
LEATHERBURY, FRANK M 8/31/42 5x7 2
LEATHERBURY, MAI M,F ND MIX 12
LEATHERWOOD, ROSEMARY F 2/28/53 5x7 1
LEAVINGHOSE, J B F 1/2/45 5x7 2
LEAVINGHOUSE, GAY M 1943 3x5 1
LEAVITT, E M M 5/12/44 5x7 6
LEBLANC, ANDREW D M 3/13/40 5x7 1
LEBLANC, S A M 1960 5x7 2
LEBLANC, STEWART M 3/25/47 5x7 7
LEBUNCH, LEONA F 8/15/41 5x7 1
LEBUNCH, LEONA F 8/18/42 5x7 2
LECROY, JAMES M 6/1/63 5x7 5
LEDGER, R A M,F 12/15/56 5x7 6
LEDLOW, JOHN 3F 11/18/45 5x7 4
LEDYARD, H F 6/1/44 5x7 1
LEDYARD, HAROLD M 2/13/43 5x7 5
LEE, ALOYS F 6/29/43 MIX 2
LEE, ANNA C F 3/20/59 5x7 2
LEE, BERRY F 3/2/50 5x7 2
LEE, BOB M 4/24/53 5x7 1
LEE, BOB M 9/21/53 5x7 9
LEE, C S F 1943-44? 3x5 1
LEE, DOROTHY F 3/25/44 5x7 4
LEE, FRED M 6/29/51 5x7 1
LEE, H C C 9/5/45 5x7 8
LEE, J D M 1941 5x7 1
LEE, J D F 1962 5x7 3
LEE, J H F 1/6/42 5x7 4
LEE, JAMES D M 7/20/46 3x5 1
LEE, JOSH M 3/21/50 5x7 1
LEE, LENA F 6/1/46 5x7 6
LEE, M C M,F,C 3/9/43 5x7 8
LEE, M C M 7/29/49 5x7 1
LEE, M C M 1942 5x7 1
LEE, MARGARET F 4/25/50 5x7 6
LEE, MATTIE MAE (SEE ALBRIGHT) F      
LEE, MINNIE F 1962-63? MIX 5
LEE, PHILLIP M 1/31/58 5x7 2
LEE, R M 12/12/56 5x7 1
LEE, R B M 2/24/44 5x7 3
LEE, R E F 8/19/42 5x7 3
LEE, REV. C M & F 6/24/57 5x7 6
LEE, W W F 9/5/45 5x7 4
LEE, WILLIAM M 1958-59? 5x7 1
LEE, WILLIAM H M,F 12/12/45 5x7 3
LEE. WILLIAM M 1947 5x7 1
LEECH, J H M ND 5x7 2
LEECH, JOHN M,F 1/8/42 5x7 7
LEECH, MABEL F 1948 5x7 1
LEECH, WILLIAM M 3/14/47 5x7 4
LEECH, WM. H M 9/19/46 5x7 3
LEENSTRA, JACOB M 1944 5x7 1
LEESON, C M M 1947 5x7 2
LEESON, C M M 6/19/52 5x7 2
LEETH, ALINE F 11/15/49 MIX 3
LEFF C 1946 5x7 6
LEFF ENG CO. M 12/44 8x10 2
LEFF FAMILY M,F,3C 8/3/45 5x7 9
LEFF, G L M 9/25/44 5x7 8
LEFF, GERALD M 1/27/54 5x7 4
LEFFLER, NANCY F 6/13/58 5x7 10
LEFLORE, J L M 1942 5x7 5
LEFLORE, WALKER M 11/5/52 5x7 1
LEFLORE, WILLIAM M 7/29/50 5x7 1
LEGALLEY, W H M 4/22/45 5x7 4
LEGEAR, R E M 7/13/60 5x7 3
LEGEAR, WILLIAM M 3/11/58 MIX 3
LEGEAR, WILLIAM M 7/24/58 5x7 4
LEGG, ALLEN M 1941 5x7 1
LEGG, PRENTICE M 1961-62? 5x7 7
LEGGETT, A F M 3/28/41 5x7 7
LEGGETTE, JOHNNIE F 7/1/48 5x7 1
LEGROS, JOHN T M 1/3/44 5x7 5
LEHAN, FRANK M 1943 3x5 1
LEIBERT, MARIE F 1944-45? 5x7 1
LEIGH M 12/52 5x7 3
LEIGH, ELLIS M 1943-44? 5x7 1
LEIGH, J B M 5/31/52 5x7 2
LEIGH, N R F 12/20/54 5x7 1
LEIGH, N R F & M 1/27/56 5x7 9
LEINDGREN, ALSTON M,F ND 8x10 2
LEMAN, CHARLES M 11/16/47 5x7 4
LEMAN, CHAS. M 1947 5x7 6
LEMEN, SUZANNE F 8/19/44 5x7 6
LEMIEUX, H M 4/11/50 5x7 5
LEMLEY, L H M 12/14/57 5x7 1
LEMLEY, L H M,F,2C 12/14/57 5x7 5
LEMLEY, L H M 7/16/62 5x7 6
LEMON, J W M 6/7/44 5x7 6
LEMON, MARY F 1949 5x7 1
LEMON, R T & DAUGHTER F & C 12/9/42 5x7 7
LEMOS, BILLY M 3/31/45 5x7 6
LEMOS, RAYMOND M 4/22/45 5x7 2
LEMOS, RAYMOND M 1947 5x7 1
LENANDER, L W M 3/25/53 5x7 1
LENANDER, M P M 2/13/52 5x7 1
LENOWITZ, BERNARD M 1942 5x7 5
LENT, LILLAN & CLARENCE M,F 1957 5x7 6
LEON, ROSALIE C 1947 5x7 2
LERNIA, R M 11/3/48 5x7 3
LESLIE, A S M 12/30/52 5x7 1
LESLIE, MARION F 2/26/40 5x7 2
LESSARD, B R M 1948 5x7 1
LESSEL, ELEANOR F,2C 1943 5x7 1
LESTER, DR. M 1944-45? 5x7 7
LESTER, T W M 12/8/45 5x7 5
LEVENE, D O M,F 3/3/56 5x7 2
LEVERETTE, T H M 1943 5x7 0
LEVERICH, R M 9/27/47 5x7 6
LEVINE, ABE M 9/25/46 5x7 5
LEVINE, ABE M 1/21/48 5x7 6
LEVINS, N R M 1/25/50 5X7 1
LEVINS, N R M 11/25/50 5x7 7
LEVY M 1945 5x7 1
LEVY, CHARLES M 2/8/43 5x7 5
LEWIS M 6/18/47 5x7 2
LEWIS F 1947 5x7 4
LEWIS, A T M 5/11/62 5x7 4
LEWIS, ALFRED M 1/23/63 5x7 1
LEWIS, C C M 1952 3x5 1
LEWIS, CALLIE F 12/3/56 5x7 7
LEWIS, CATHERINE F 1941 5x7 3
LEWIS, CLAUDIA F 1/13/53 5x7 1
LEWIS, CLIFFORD M 1951 3x5 1
LEWIS, CLINTON M & F 10/26/51 5x7 7
LEWIS, DAVID M 1943-44? 5x7 1
LEWIS, DELIA MAE M 1943 5x7 1
LEWIS, EARLY M,F 12/29/51 5x7 2
LEWIS, EDITH F 3/26/57 5x7 5
LEWIS, ELVIN & SANDERS, R M 4/6/54 5x7 5
LEWIS, F G M 1/2/59 5x7 3
LEWIS, GEO. L M 1946 5x7 1
LEWIS, H J M 10/23/43 5x7 7
LEWIS, IDA F 5/2/45 5x7 4
LEWIS, J H M 9/17/41 5x7 1
LEWIS, J L M 1955 5x7 5
LEWIS, JIM C 2/14/53 5x7 1
LEWIS, JOS M 8/18/47 5x7 1
LEWIS, KERMON M 2/23/55 5X7 3
LEWIS, LISTER M. (SEE GULF OIL) 7M 1957 5x7 7
LEWIS, MILTON (SEE GOC2) 11M,F 1957 5x7 12
LEWIS, RAY M 12/3/54 5x7 4
LEWIS, RUTH F 1953 5x7 7
LEWIS, RUTH C F 1951-52? 5x7 5
LEWIS, WINNIE C 6/27/56 5x7 5
LEYSATH, RUBY M 1945 3x5 1

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