Research Catalog
Ku Klux Klan
- Title
- Ku Klux Klan [graphic].
- Publication
- 1923-1980.
- Electronic Resource
- View images in NYPL Digital Collections
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Format | Access | Status | Call Number | Location |
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Still image | Use in library | Available | Sc Photo Ku Klux Klan | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 38 items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box); 21 x 26 cm. and smaller.
- 33 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 1 photographic postcard : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 2 photomechanical prints : col. ;
- 2 stats : b&w ;
- Subjects
- United States > Race relations
- White supremacy movements > United States
- Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1989
- Parades > Maine > Milo
- Funeral rites and ceremonies > New York (State) > Cold Spring
- Photomechanical prints > 1980-1989
- Meetings
- Racism > United States
- Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)
- Reproductions
- Group portraits > 1920-1959
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
- Photographic postcards > 1920-1929
- Stats
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1920-1959.
- Reproductions.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.
- Photographic postcards – 1920-1929.
- Photomechanical prints – 1980-1989.
- Stats.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs bear photographer's, photography studio's or news agency's handstamp on verso; some items bear photography studio's name on recto. Some items bear printed captions on recto; some bear handwritten notations on verso. Some items are mounted. Some items are duplicates. Two items are accompanied by envelopes bearing descriptive captions.
- Collection contains work by Clement Studio, Robert Dunnavant, International News Photos, John D. Schiff and Wide World Photos.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Ku Klux Klan
- Title
- Ku Klux Klan [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1923-1980.
- Summary
- The collection mainly depicts the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 20th century (1920s to 1980s). The collection consists of views of Klan meetings and parades (1920s-1960s); a group portrait of a Klan guerilla unit (1980); a depiction of police investigating a Klan-related lynching (1980s); some Klan-related literature; a political cartoon commenting on unreported Klan-related lynchings (1954); and an individual posing in a Klan outfit. Also included are reproductions of engravings depicting 19th century Klansmen and Klan activities (ca. late 1860s to early 1870s), as well as a broadside, a political cartoon, and a sheet music cover. Images of Ku Klux Klan activities may be found in the Stetson Kennedy Photograph Collection; and depictions of the Klan in the 19th century may be found in the Print Collection.Of note is a series of views of a Milo, Maine, centennial celebration parade (1923) in which the Ku Klux Klan marched in its first parade in the Northeastern United States; views of a funeral procession and burial service for a Klan member, which includes black mourners, in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York (ca. 1920s); a group portrait of the Klan, with a Santa Claus figure and an elderly African American couple, celebrating the husband's 107th birthday (1948); and views of small children being initiated into the Klan (n.d.).
- Terms Of Use
- Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Local Note
- Negatives exist for some images.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dunnavant, Robert, 1947- PhotographerSchiff, John. PhotographerClement Studio.International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)Wide World Photos, Inc.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Ku Klux Klan