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Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection

Title
Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981.
Publication
[1900?-1975?]

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett CollectionSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Found In
(CstRLIN)NYPW89-A23
Description
  • <195> items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box); 5 x 5 cm.
  • <3> slides : col. ;
  • <138> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • <54> photographic prints : col. ;
Summary
Photographs, the majority of which are snapshots, documenting mainly private aspects of Gwendolyn Bennett's life with an emphasis on her youth, her period in Paris (1925-26), and her later years.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Postcards – 1900-1929.
  • Snapshots – 1900-1979.
  • Portrait photographs – 1900-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1900-1979.
  • Dye coupler prints – 1950-1979.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1900-1969.
Note
  • Some photographs are cropped; one item is matted; some items are mounted.
  • Title taken from Gwendolyn Bennett Papers.
Biography (note)
  • Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.
Call Number
Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett Collection
OCLC
NYPG087000329-F
Author
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981.
Title
Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[1900?-1975?]
Linking Entry
Forms part of Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.
Biography
Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.
Local Note
Sc MG 77
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Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett Collection
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