Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Fugua.
2. M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)
3. Wide World Photos.
4. Hicks' Photo Studio (Miami, Fla.)

Description

1. 25 items (.3 cu. ft., 1 box); 27 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The Madam C.J. Walker Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of the personal and professional lives of persons affiliated with the Walker family, from the 1900s to the 1950s.

Subject

1. Halftone photomechanical prints
2. Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968
3. Everett, Sarah
4. African American businesspeople
5. Portrait photographs > 1900-1959
6. Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919
7. Group portraits > 1900-1959
8. African American teachers
9. Gelatin silver prints > 1900-1959
10. Pharr, Kelsey, 1917-1961
11. African American women executives
12. Patton, Sara Price
13. Housekeepers
14. Judges > South Carolina > Charleston
15. Inscriptions
16. Robinson, Mae Walker
17. Harris, W.H., 1867-1934
18. Businesspeople > United States
19. Philanthropists > Florida > Miami
20. Mallory, Arenia Conelia, 1904-1977
21. Mansions > New York (State) > Irvington-on-Hudson
22. Snapshots > 1920-1949

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1900-1959.
2. Group portraits – 1900-1959.
3. Snapshots – 1920-1949.
4. Gelatin silver prints – 1900-1959.
5. Halftone photomechanical prints.
6. Inscriptions.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Madam C.J. Walker Collection

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs have photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some items have photographer's blind stamp on recto; one item bears photographer's signature on recto of matte.
3. Most photographs have handwritten notations on either verso or recto; both photomechanicals bear printed captions on recto; two items have cropping marks; some items are inscribed on recto; one photograph is mounted with newspaper clippings on verso of mount.
4. Collection contains work by Fugua, Wide World Photos, M. Smith and Hicks' Photo Studio, Miami, Florida.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items are restricted; permission of photographer or copyright holder is required for duplication.

Author

1. Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919.

Title

1. Madam C.J. Walker collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. [191-?-195-]

Terms of use

1. Some items are restricted; permission of photographer or copyright holder is required for duplication.

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2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Fugua. Photographer
2. M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)
3. Wide World Photos.
4. Hicks' Photo Studio (Miami, Fla.)

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Madam C.J. Walker Collection