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Charles A. Petioni portrait collection

Title: Charles A. Petioni portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1925?-1959?>

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Petioni, Charles A.	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<8> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<2> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<1> proof : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<1> clipping : halftone photomechanical, b&w ;

Summary

The collection consists of individual studio and candid portraits of physician and civic leader Charles A. Petioni (ca. 1920s to 1940s); an undated studio portrait of his wife, Rosa; a group portrait of Rosa, their daughter Dr. Muriel Petioni, Dr. Gerald Spencer, and two unidentified individuals at the unveiling of a memorial plaque for Petioni (ca. 1950s); a group portrait of Rosa, with three unidentified women, preparing for a bazaar (1950); and a group portrait of the Howard Medical School Class of 1925.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
Group portraits – 1920-1959.
Proofs – 1940-1959.
Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1959.
Halftone photomechanical prints – 1920-1929.
Clippings – 1920-1929.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Two photographs have news agency handstamp on verso; one photograph has name of photography studio printed on recto. Most photographs bear handwritten captions on verso; two items have printed captions on recto; some items are retouched or bear cropping marks; one photograph is cropped.
Collection contains work by Nichols, Dummett, Associated News and Rapid News Photo.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Petioni, Charles A.

OCLC

NYPG085000429-F

Title

Charles A. Petioni portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1925?-1959?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

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Added Author

Nichols, -1991. Photographer

Dummett. Photographer

Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)

Associated News (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Petioni, Charles A.

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