Research Catalog

Title

Marcus Garvey portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1890?-1956?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hoyes, Bernard (Artist)
• Morais, W. G.
• Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983.
• International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
• United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
• United Press International.
• G.G.G. Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Description

• <15> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
• <23> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <2> photoprints : col. ;
• <5> photomechanical prints : b&w ;

Summary

Views of Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanist leader Marcus Garvey dated approximately between the early 1900's to 1956. Collection includes half-length portraits of Garvey in interior and exterior settings. Group portraits show Garvey as a young child with his brother Julius; at John Bruce's funeral in 1924, during the 1921 and 1924 Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Conventions in Harlem; being taken to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary; and aboard the SS Saramacca before deportion to Jamaica. Collection also includes views of the UNIA parade in Harlem in 1920; the storefront of the Universal Millinery Store, a portrait of Amy Jacques Garvey viewing a Garvey memorial bust in Jamaica, 1954; photos of a painting of Garvey; and a photo of a flyer advertising a seminar on Harlem: The Garvey Era at the University of Massachusetts.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Universal Negro Improvement Association
• Group portraits > 1890-1959
• Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
• Portrait photographs > 1890-1959
• Black nationalism
• Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
• Portrait paintings > Reproductions
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1890-1959
• Photoprints > Color
• Parades & processions > New York (State) > New York > 1920-1929
• Monuments & memorials > Jamaica > 1950-1959
• Photomechanical prints
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• Business enterprises > New York (State) > New York > 1920-1939
• Political activists > United States
• Bruce, John Edward, 1856-1924 > Death and burial
• Show windows > New York (N.Y.) > 1920-1939
• African American leadership
• Broadsides > Reproductions

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1890-1959.
• Group portraits – 1890-1959.
• Broadsides – Reproductions.
• Portrait paintings – Reproductions.
• Photomechanical prints.
• Photoprints – Color.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1890-1959.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include International News Photos, W.P.A., United Press International and others.
• Some photos have captions or written descriptive information; some have airbrush marks; some are duplicates; some have inscriptions.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Garvey, Marcus

OCLC

NYPG085000641-F

Title

Marcus Garvey portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1890?-1956?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Hoyes, Bernard (Artist)

Morais, W. G. Photographer

Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983. Photographer

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)

United Press International.

G.G.G. Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Garvey, Marcus