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White Studio theatrical photographs
- Title
- White Studio theatrical photographs, 1903-1936.
- Author
- White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16532 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16532 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16533 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16533 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16534 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16534 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16535 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16535 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16536 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16536 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16537 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16537 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16538 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16538 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16539 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16539 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16540 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16540 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16541 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16541 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16542 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16542 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16543 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16543 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16544 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16544 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16545 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16545 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16546 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16546 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16547 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16547 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16548 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16548 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16549 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16549 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16550 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16550 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | MWEZ+ n.c. 16560 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1956-002 MWEZ+ n.c. 16560 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 6,700 keysheets (175,000 photoprints) : b&w.
- Summary
- The most comprehensive record of the American stage for the years 1903-1936, the collection of White Studio theatrical photographs reflects over 7,000 professional photographic assignments documenting more than 85% of all live performances of theater and vaudeville in New York.
- Subjects
- Mei, Lanfang, 1894-1961
- Vaudeville > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Theaters > Stage setting and scenery > Photographs
- Theaters > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Theater architecture > Photographs
- Theater, Yiddish > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Theater, Italian > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Theater, German > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Theater, French > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Theater > New York (N.Y.) > Photographs
- Suffragists > Humor > Photographs
- Stage lighting > Photographs
- Silent films > United States > Photographs
- Roof garden theaters > Photographs
- Prohibition > Humor > Photographs
- Pageants > Photographs
- Opera > Photographs
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > Photographs
- Masques > Photographs
- Dance > Photographs
- Costume design > Photographs
- Circus > Photographs
- Actors > Portraits
- Ziegfeld follies > Photographs
- Vanities > Photographs
- Show boat > Photographs
- Passing show > Photographs
- George White's scandals > Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Silent films > Photographs
- Portrait photography
- Fashion photography
- White, Luther, 1857-1936
- Lucas, George W., 1887-1942
- White, Dexter, 1889-1936
- Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 > Photographs
- Boland, Mary, 1880-1965 > Photographs
- Brice, Fanny > Photographs
- Burke, Billie, 1885-1970 > Photographs
- Gable, Clark, 1901-1960 > Photographs
- George, Grace, 1879-1961 > Photographs
- Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 > Photographs
- Miller, Marilyn, 1898-1936 > Photographs
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 > Photographs
- Truex, Ernest, 1889-1973 > Photographs
- Yurka, Blanche > Photographs
- Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 > Shuffle along > Photographs
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 > Emperor Jones > Photographs
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 > Hairy ape > Photographs
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 > Welded
- Abbey Players
- Mei Lan Feng
- Moscow State Theatre
- Moskovskii khudozhestvennyi akademicheskii teatr
- White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints.
- Note
- All print photographs in the White Studio collection were conserved and the originals are now mounted non-adhesively, on acid-free boards using polyester corners or slings. The keysheets have also been inserted in a three-sided polyester sleeve and the encapsulations placed in standard-size acid-free photographic storage boxes. This major preservation project was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- This collection also includes thousands of nitrate and acetate still film negatives, which are currently semi-processed and not available for general research access. Specific acetate negatives may be available for digital imaging orders, however. Please email theatre@nypl.org for more information.
- Biography (note)
- A commercial photographic studio founded by Luther White in New York City in the 1890s, White Studio was first known for its portraiture before venturing into theatrical photography beginning in 1904. The firm closed in 1936.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Collection guide available in the repository.
- Call Number
- *T-Vim 1956-002
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F11338
- Author
- White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- White Studio theatrical photographs, 1903-1936.
- Biography
- A commercial photographic studio founded by Luther White in New York City in the 1890s, White Studio was first known for its portraiture before venturing into theatrical photography beginning in 1904. The firm closed in 1936.Luther White and his principal photographer, George W. Lucas, are credited with the development of flash-pan artificial lighting, which enabled the Studio to cut drastically the time necessary for studio and location photography. By 1904, with the further development of flashlighting, White Studio began to document theater, opera, music, dance and circus production on assignment from producers and theater owners such as David Belasco, Daniel Frohman, Lee and J. J. Shubert and Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. who wanted to provide visual material for the press. White's methods were considered ideal for creating images suitable for rotogravure reproduction in newspapers. Photographs were often taken from the first balcony or lighting booth at the final dress rehearsal and productions were often re-photographed after major cast changes, providing documentation of replacement actors as well as the original cast. In some cases, set models and costume sketches were also photographed. White Studio soon became the leading entertainment photography studio of its day, providing publicity photographs for performers. The Studio, because of its fine reputation in portraiture, also became involved in fashion photography.
- Indexes
- Collection guide available in the repository.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *T-Vim 1956-002