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Oral history interview with Austin Hansen

Title
Oral history interview with Austin Hansen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Author
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.

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Disc 1Moving imageBy appointment only Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 1Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Disc 2Moving imageBy appointment only Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 2Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Disc 3Moving imageBy appointment only Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 3Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
Disc 4Moving imageBy appointment only Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 4Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
4 videodiscs (82 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Austin Hansen discusses his life and career as a photographer; family and childhood in St. Thomas; introduction to photography; first camera and professional photographs; arrival in U.S. in 1928; interest in Statue of Liberty; attempt to sell photos to Daily News; various jobs held; musical gigs; start as a professional photographer; work for churches; brother Aubrey; incidents photographed in Harlem; drafted into Navy during WWII; duties in Navy; race relations; illness and disability discharge; Office of War Information; employed by Amsterdam News; studio and work done there; views of photographs; painting b&w photos, print-on color film; more photos; (4) darkroom where negatives developed; working methods; kitchen and dryer for glossy prints; more photographs; darkroom for developing prints; tintype and restored copy.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Oral histories.
  • Nonfiction films.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Austin Hansen is a photographer in Harlem.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1348
OCLC
945777829
Author
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996, interviewee.
Title
Oral history interview with Austin Hansen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Publisher
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD
Performer
Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
Event
Recorded August 6, 1986. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
Terms Of Use
Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography
Austin Hansen is a photographer in Harlem.
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Added Author
Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1348
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