Research Catalog

Title

The Inter-state Tattler photograph collection [graphic].

Publication

[19--?-193-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Joe.
• Elcha, Eddie.
• Poole, Paul.
• Scurlock, Addison.
• Aldene (Firm: New York, N.Y.)
• Blooms Studio (Philadelphia, Penn.)
• Campbell's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• Elcha (New York, N.Y.)
• Poole Studio (Atlanta, Ga.)
• Vithana Studio.

Description

• 65 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 26 x 31 cm. and smaller.
• 19 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 8 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 9 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
• 10 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ;
• 7 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 12 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

The Inter-state Tattler Photograph Collection depicts individuals and groups who either appeared in or were affiliated with the magazine, and consists of images from the collection of Managing Editor Bennie Butler.

Subjects

• Nudes > 1920-1939
• Postcards > 1920-1939
• Vaudeville > New York (State) > New York
• Photographic prints > 1900-1939
• Watson, James S
• Erotica > 1920-1939
• Spencer, Edith
• Butler, Bennie
• Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
• African American actresses > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
• Women basketball players > New York (State) > New York
• African American women > New York (State) > New York
• Silver gelatin photographic prints > 1900-1939
• Publicity photography > 1920-1939
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• African American actors > New York (State) > New York
• Inter-State Tattler
• Hudgins, Johnny
• Portrait photographs > 1900-1939
• Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
• African Americans > Clothing > 20th century
• African American entertainers > New York (State) > New York
• African American periodicals > New York (State) > New York
• Hand coloring
• Delany, Hubert T
• Group portraits > 1920-1939

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1900-1939.
• Group portraits – 1920-1939.
• Postcards – 1920-1939.
• Publicity photography – 1920-1939.
• Erotica – 1920-1939.
• Photographic prints – 1900-1939.
• Silver gelatin photographic prints – 1900-1939.
• Hand coloring.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs have descriptive information on verso or recto.
• Some items have photographer's stamp on verso; some items have studio blind stamp on recto.
• Some photographs have cropping marks.
• Collection includes photographs by Eddie Elcha, Paul Poole, Addison Scurlock, and others.
• Magazines transferred to the Black & Third World Periodicals Collection, located in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Access is restricted.
• Magazine available on microfilm in General Research and Reference Division; call no. Sc Micro RS-455.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some photographs restricted; permission of copyright holder required for reproduction.

Biography (note)

• The Inter-state Tattler was a weekly African American magazine that was started in 1925 as a continuation of the New York Tattler.

Call Number

Sc Photo Inter-state Tattler

OCLC

NYPG96-F74

Title

The Inter-state Tattler photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[19--?-193-?]

Terms Of Use

Some photographs restricted; permission of copyright holder required for reproduction.

Biography

The Inter-state Tattler was a weekly African American magazine that was started in 1925 as a continuation of the New York Tattler. The Tattler office was located at 2305 Seventh Avenue, in Harlem, with A.A. Jackson, Jr. as Editor, and Bennie Butler as Managing Editor and Theatrical and Sports Editor.

The Tattler was a mixture of society news and gossip, personality profiles, theatrical and nightclub news, sports, editorials, and advice columns. It often combined sensational headlines, local gossip, and cheesecake pictures of showgirls with the more mundane articles and photos of society people, entertainers, and social functions. Much of the magazine's coverage was Harlem, though it also featured Philadelphia and Atlantic City sections, and carried regional columns for readers in New Jersey, upstate New York, the Midwest, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic states.

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Added Author

Davis, Joe. Photographer

Elcha, Eddie. Photographer

Poole, Paul. Photographer

Scurlock, Addison. Photographer

Aldene (Firm: New York, N.Y.)

Blooms Studio (Philadelphia, Penn.)

Campbell's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Poole Studio (Atlanta, Ga.)

Vithana Studio.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Inter-state Tattler