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Stage Door Canteen photographs
- Title
- Stage Door Canteen photographs, 1943-1945.
- Author
- American Theatre Wing.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 18-04 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 18-04 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 18-04 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 18-04 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Additional Authors
- American Theatre Wing.
- Description
- 1 linear foot (4 boxes)
- Summary
- The Stage Door Canteen was a New York City venue run by the American Theatre Wing that offered food, socialization, and entertainment free of charge for U.S. military men during World War II. The original, New York City venue opened on March 2, 1942 in the basement of a theater on 44th Street in New York's theater district. Eventually, Stage Door Canteens were set up in cities across the country, as well as in London and Paris. The venues closed with the end of World War II in 1945. The collection consists of 278 black and white photographs of musicians and audience members at the Stage Door Canteen from the years 1943 to 1945. Photographs were taken by several different New York City news photographers and primarily depict musicians in the act of performing. Musicians include instrumentalists and singers from genres of classical, jazz, country, blues, and gospel.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Sound recordings and moving images are unavailable pending digitization.
- Terms of Use (note)
- For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Source (note)
- Received as a transfer from the Theatre Division.
- Call Number
- JPB 18-04
- OCLC
- 948995812
- Author
- American Theatre Wing.
- Title
- Stage Door Canteen photographs, 1943-1945.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Sound recordings and moving images are unavailable pending digitization.
- Terms Of Use
- For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Source
- Received as a transfer from the Theatre Division.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Musicians.
- Added Author
- American Theatre Wing.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 18-04