Photographic Material and Other Art Work of Herbert E. Striner

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Collection Title: Photographic Material and Other Art Work of Herbert E. Striner
Description: Herbert E. Striner (1922-2015) was an economist and the former Dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University. His collection consists of over 9,000 negatives, prints, and slides depicting a wide variety of subjects in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States from the 1940s to 1998. Striner took numerous photos in and around Washington, DC region depicting landmarks such as the National Cathedral and C&O Canal. Some of the earliest images in this collection document life on a troop ship. Striner also photographed the Chinese table-tennis delegation’s April 1972 visit to the United States. Approximately 5,000 black & white negatives, 5000 color slides, and 1,000 color negatives depicting a wide variety of subjects in the United States and abroad from the 1940s to the present.

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10 Downing Street in London, England
"1000000" car at Yugo Next exhibition in Union Station, Washington, D.C.
124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
128th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
"3rd Rail" car at Yugo Next exhibition in Union Station, Washington, D.C.
"89 keys" car at Yugo Next exhibition in Union Station, Washington, D.C.
Abandoned house with broken windows
Abstract view of fireworks display
Acclaimed cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich is honored at a small reception at American University, Washington, D.C.
An accordionist entertains passengers on the deck of a boat, Bermuda
Action shot of Chinese athletes playing table tennis
Action shot of Chinese athletes playing table tennis for a crowd of spectators
Action shot of Chinese table tennis athletes playing in a match
Action shot of member of Chinese table tennis team at match in New York City
Action shot of the Dentzel Carousel at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland
Activities on an athletic field
Activities on an athletic field
Activities on an athletic field
"Adam and Eve" painting by Marc Chagall at the Musée Marc Chagall, Nice, France

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