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Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Hilda Simms photograph collection

SUB-COLLECTION
Professional activities, 1940s-1950s

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Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s.

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Title
Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s.
Collection

Hilda Simms photograph collection

Professional activities, 1940s-1950s

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940 - 1949 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Hilda Simms Collection
Topics
Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
African American actresses
Dressing rooms (Performing arts)
African Americans in the performing arts
Genres
Photographs
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15860737
Photo Order: 52488
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 86999ea0-98de-0131-4ea5-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Created (Approximate)
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940 - 1949. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22044070-a7cb-0131-b85c-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22044070-a7cb-0131-b85c-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940 - 1949). Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22044070-a7cb-0131-b85c-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22044070-a7cb-0131-b85c-58d385a7b928 | title= (still image) Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s., (1940 - 1949)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Portrait of actress Hilda Simms in a dressing room applying makeup before a performance, ca. 1940s.