Bill Barvin Location Photograph Archive

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Description: Over 3,000 35mm negative strips and 1,000 print photographs related to Barvin's career as a location manager and scout for television, film, and video projects filmed in New York and New Jersey as well as Connecticut and Pennsylvania and arranged into series primarily by location. Images are of interiors of occupied and unoccupied apartments, lofts, homes, businesses, schools, churches, theaters, laundromats, factories, warehouses, and offices along with exteriors of properties as well as street views of larger exterior locations. Series contains photographs that were taped or glued together into manila folders to create a detailed view of the location. The collection also includes one box of production documentation materials.
Names: Barvin, Bill, 1952-2000 (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1992 - 1998 (Approximate)
Library locations: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy; Shelf locator: AZ 12-2302
Topics: Motion picture locations; Television program locations; Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.); Buildings -- New Jersey; Interiors -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.); Interiors -- New Jersey; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.); Streets -- New Jersey
Genres: Photographs
Notes: Biographical/historical: William Michael "Bill" Barvin (1952-2000) was a location manager and scout for television, film, and video projects filmed in New York and New Jersey as well as Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Barvin worked on productions including "Law and Order," "Quiz Show," "Mr. Wonderful," and the ELT - English Language Teaching Videos video "Only in America."
Physical Description: Extent: 37.11 ln. ft. (81 boxes); Chromogenic color prints; Negatives
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19806598; MSS Unit ID: 22336; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 742333b0-5e28-0132-6468-58d385a7b928