Research Catalog

Title

Eartha Kitt portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1940?-1979?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, W.
• Dummett.
• Benners, Aubrey S.
• Moszynsk, Variety.
• Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
• RCA-Victor Company.
• Wide World Photos.
• Museum of the City of New York.
• Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Description

• <19> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21cm. or smaller.
• <2> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <2> photoprints : col. ;
• <1> photomechanical print : halftone, b&w ;

Summary

Views of singer, actress and dancer Eartha Kitt approximately dating from the 1940's to 1979. Includes numerous individual portraits taken in studios, on stage and during recording session, with family, in a fashion show (hat show), on vacation. Individuals in group portraits include: daughter Kit, Ray Stappelton, Bobbie Evans, Gladys Johnson, Vivianne Byers, Carole Harris, Thelma Fields, Trudi Cheltenham, Evelyn Cunningham, Louisa Laws, Thelma Worrell, Fannie Robinson, Dorothea Towles, Rose Morgan, Bill Howard and Robert Clary.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Kitt, Eartha
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1979
• Dancers > United States
• African American singers
• African Americans > Clothing and dress > 1940-1979
• Portrait photographs > 1940-1979
• Eating & drinking > 1940-1960
• Sound recording industry > United States > 1950-1960
• Women singers > United States
• Group portraits > 1940-1979
• Photoprints > 1940-1959
• African American entertainers
• African Americans > Social life and customs > 1940-1979
• African American actresses

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
• Group portraits – 1940-1979.
• Photoprints – 1940-1959.
• Silver gelatin photoprints. – 1940-1979.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some images have been cropped; some images have captions.
• Photographers include Dummett, Aubrey S. Benners, W. Smith, RCA Victor Records, Variety Moszynski, Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some photographs are restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection

Call Number

Sc Photo Kitt, Eartha

OCLC

NYPG085000797-F

Title

Eartha Kitt portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1940?-1979?>

Terms Of Use

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

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Smith, W. Photographer

Dummett. Photographer

Benners, Aubrey S. Photographer

Moszynsk, Variety. Photographer

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

RCA-Victor Company.

Wide World Photos.

Museum of the City of New York.

Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Kitt, Eartha