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Lorraine Hansberry portrait collection

Title: Lorraine Hansberry portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1959?-1989?>

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Hansberry, Lorraine	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<11> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<3> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Collection consists of numerous individual portraits of Hansberry, including Hansberry at her typewriter and as a young girl. Group views include Hansberry talking to George Houser, a group of teenage campers. There are also views of posters advertising Hansberry's plays. Full, half and quarter length portraits are available.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Group portraits – 1930-1969.
Portrait photographs – 1930-1969.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1960-1989.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some photographs have airbrush marks; some photographs have written descriptive information.
Photographs include Cecil Layne and Wide World Photos.

Terms of Use (note)

Some photographs are restricted; permission required from photographer for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Hansberry, Lorraine

OCLC

NYPG085000335-F

Title

Lorraine Hansberry portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1959?-1989?>

Terms Of Use

Some photographs are restricted; permission required from photographer for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Wide World Photos.

Added Title

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Hansberry, Lorraine

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