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Description
The collection (ca. 1920s-1980s) consists of exterior and interior views of Harlem nightclubs and theaters (1920s-1960s); portraits and candid shots of entertainers, individual musicians, orchestras and chorus girls appearing at or affiliated with specific clubs and theaters (1920s-1960s); and views of nightclub patrons (ca. 1940s).Also depicted are views of clubs located in other parts of New York City; views of crowds gathered outside theaters; reproductions of broadsides and a club menu; studio portraits of club owners; a group portrait of beauty contestants; and maps showing the locations of certain clubs. Of note are views of the crowd outside the Lafayette Theatre for the opening of the Federal Theatre Project production of "Macbeth" (1936); views of the interior and exterior of the Cotton Club (ca. 1920s-1930s); portraits of brothers Connie and George Immerman, owners of Connie's Inn (ca. 1920s); a portrait of the entertainment troupe The Three Eddies (ca. 1920); and reproductions of broadsides advertising performances at the Apollo Theatre (ca. 1940s-1950s). Also included are a souvenir journal from the Apollo Theatre, entitled "The Apollo Story" (ca. 1965), and pages from a souvenir program from the Cotton Club, entitled the "Third Cotton Club Parade" (ca. 1938), when the club was located on West 48th Street, in midtown Manhattan, during the late 1930s.
Names
Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.)
United Press International
Butler, Otis (Photographer)
Campbell, James C. (Photographer)
Dummett (Photographer)
Anderson, Gordon, 1920- (Photographer)
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)
Smith, W. (Photographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1920 - 1989 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Nightclubs and Theaters
Topics
Immerman, George
The Three Eddies
Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
Connie's Inn (New York, N.Y.)
Cotton Club
Lafayette Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 1825-1829)
Nest Club (New York, N.Y.)
Nightclubs -- New York (State) -- New York
Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
Interiors -- New York (State) -- New York
Motion picture theaters -- New York (State)
African Americans -- Social life and customs
African American entertainers
African American musicians
Chorus girls
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Broadsides
Reproductions
Photographs
Notes
Content: Title devised by cataloger.
Content: Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some items bear photographer's name printed on recto. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items bear printed captions on recto; some items have typewritten labels or captions attached to verso. Some items are duplicates.
Content: Collection contains work by Otis C. Butler, James C. Campbell, Dummett, and Austin Hansen, among others.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Dye coupler prints
Extent: 109 items (.3 cu. ft., 1 box); 6 photographic prints :gelatin silver, b&w ; 36 x 28 cm. and smaller; 19 photographic prints :gelatin silver, b&w ; 28 x 36 cm. and smaller ; 19 photographic prints :gelatin silver, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller ; 49 photographic prints :gelatin silver, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. and smaller ; 7 photomechanical sheets : halftone, b&w ; 31 x 23 cm ; 3 photomechanical prints :b&w, one col. ; 21 x 35 cm. and smaller. ; 1 photographic print :col. ; 13 x 18 cm. ; 3 postcards :b&w ; 9 x 14 cm. ; 1 photographic postcard :silver gelatin, b&w ; 9 x 14 cm. ; 1 booklet, 40, [4] p. :ill., ports. ; 31 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-F10254
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16102326
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eada8df0-c61a-012f-cffc-58d385a7bc34
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