Research Catalog

Title

Edna Sedgwick photographs, 1920s-1970s.

Author

Sedgwick, Edna, 1915-2002.

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Description

.25 linear foot (1 box)

Summary

Edna Sedgwick (1915-2002) was a dancer, vaudeville performer, and actress. She appeared on film in You're a Sweetheart (1937), Red Barry (1938), and Swing, Sister, Swing (1938), and on the Broadway stage in the revue Boys and Girls Together (1941). The Edna Sedgwick photographs date from the 1920s to the 1970s, and include studio portraits and photographs with and of fellow performers from throughout her career. Some photographs of other entertainers may include inscriptions. Business associates of Sedgwick's husbands Sam Maceo (a Galveston, Texas restaurant and night club owner) and Henry G. Plitt (president of ABC Television and chief executive of Plitt Theatres) are also depicted.

Subjects

• Photographs
• Vaudeville > United States > 20th century
• Theater > United States > 20th century

Genre/Form

Photographs.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photographs will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of Use (note)

• The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.

Source (note)

• Gift of Frank and Sedgie Halpern, 1996.

Call Number

*T-Mss 1997-004

OCLC

907298062

Author

Sedgwick, Edna, 1915-2002.

Title

Edna Sedgwick photographs, 1920s-1970s.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photographs will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms Of Use

The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.

Source

Gift of Frank and Sedgie Halpern, 1996.

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Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1997-004