Research Catalog

Title

Fires [graphic].

Publication

[1944]-[1963]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Brathwaite, Kwame, 1938-2023.
• Clemons, Curt.
• Cooper, Harold T.
• Mitchell, Shellie B.
• Smith, Roger.
• A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• M Associates (New York, N.Y.)
• New York (N.Y.) Fire Dept.

Description

• 39 items (3 folders); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 15 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 20 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 4 instant camera prints : b&w ;

Summary

Collection consists mainly of views of building fires in Harlem and parts of Brooklyn (1940s-1960s), and the response of New York City fire fighters.

Subjects

• Fire fighters > New York (State) > New York
• Instant camera photographs
• Group portraits > 1940-1969
• New York (N.Y.) > Fire Department
• United States > Office of Civilian Defense
• Gelatin silver prints > 1940-1969
• Volunteer fire fighters > Washington (D.C.)

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1940-1969.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1969.
• Instant camera photographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Most photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items bear printed captions on either verso or recto. Some items are cropped or bear cropping marks.
• Collection contains work by Harold T. Cooper, Shellie B. Mitchell, Roger Smith and the New York City Fire Department, among others.

Call Number

Sc Photo Fires

OCLC

NYPG04-F178

Title

Fires [graphic].

Imprint

[1944]-[1963]

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Added Author

Brathwaite, Kwame, 1938-2023. Photographer

Clemons, Curt. Photographer

Cooper, Harold T. Photographer

Mitchell, Shellie B. Photographer

Smith, Roger. Photographer

A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

M Associates (New York, N.Y.)

New York (N.Y.) Fire Dept.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Fires