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Slum residents in Washington, D.C.
- Title
- Slum residents in Washington, D.C. / Esther Bubley.
- Author
- Bubley, Esther
- Publication
- [1943?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Portfolio (Bubley, E.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- United States. Office of War Information, sponsoring body.
- Description
- 8 items (one folder); 25 x 21 cm and smaller.
- 8 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- Summary
- Depicts the African American residents of a poor neighborhood located near the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., that were produced for the Office of War Information in 1943. Images consist of candid shots of a young boy playing in an alley, a pair of children sitting on a wood pile, and an adult showing the money that he's just won; views of residents in front of their dilapidated wooden dwellings; and views of children viewing a civilian defense workers parade.
- Subjects
- Documentary photographs
- Gelatin silver prints > 1940-1949
- Group portraits > 1940-1949
- Portrait photographs > 1940-1949
- Dwellings > Washington (D.C.) > 1940-1949
- African American children > Washington (D.C.)
- African Americans > Economic & social conditions > Washington (D.C.) > 1940-1949
- African Americans > Washington (D.C.)
- Genre/Form
- Documentary photographs.
- Portrait photographs – 1940-1949.
- Group portraits – 1940-1949.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1949.
- Note
- Title based on photo captions.
- All photographs bear printed captions, including photographer's name, on verso; some items bear handwritten captions on verso. Some items are cropped.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Esther Bubley (1921-1998) was an American freelance photographer whose work depicted the lives of ordinary people. Much of her work documented medical, mental health and child welfare programs, that included assignments for the Children's Bureau (1947), the Ladies' Home Journal (1949) and UNICEF (1953), as well as commercial assignments for Pepsi-Cola International (1956) and Pan American World Airways (mid-1960s). Bubley was the first woman to win first prize in the Photography Magazine, international division (1954). In the 1960s, she began working on more personal projects, including children's books and a book about macrophotography of plants. Bubley died in New York City in 1998.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Bubley, E.)
- OCLC
- 1275393537
- Author
- Bubley, Esther, photographer.
- Title
- Slum residents in Washington, D.C. / Esther Bubley.
- Production
- [1943?]
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- stereographic
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Esther Bubley (1921-1998) was an American freelance photographer whose work depicted the lives of ordinary people. Much of her work documented medical, mental health and child welfare programs, that included assignments for the Children's Bureau (1947), the Ladies' Home Journal (1949) and UNICEF (1953), as well as commercial assignments for Pepsi-Cola International (1956) and Pan American World Airways (mid-1960s). Bubley was the first woman to win first prize in the Photography Magazine, international division (1954). In the 1960s, she began working on more personal projects, including children's books and a book about macrophotography of plants. Bubley died in New York City in 1998.
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- Added Author
- United States. Office of War Information, sponsoring body.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Bubley, E.)