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William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Carl Van Vechten portraits

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Stein, Gertrude

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Stein, Gertrude, Box 2

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Stein, Gertrude: Photographs (156)

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The mother of us all

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William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947

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William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947

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Title
William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947
Names
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 (Photographer)
Collection

Carl Van Vechten portraits

Stein, Gertrude

Stein, Gertrude, Box 2

Stein, Gertrude: Photographs (156)

The mother of us all

William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1947-05-14
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Van Vechten
Topics
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Mother of us all
Horne, William, 1913-1983
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Notes
Biographical/historical: Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a writer, promoter of African-American artists during the Harlem Renaissance, patron of the arts, and photographer.
Biographical/historical: Gertrude Stein was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. Stein named her friend, the writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten, as her literary executor. Among other acts, he helped to usher into print works of hers that remained unpublished at the time of her death.
Biographical/historical: The Mother of Us All is a two-act opera composed by Virgil Thomson to a libretto by Gertrude Stein... The opera premiered on 7 May 1947 at Columbia University's Brander Matthews Hall... The opera centers around Susan B. Anthony, one of the major figures in the fight for women's suffrage in the United States, with a supporting cast of characters both fictional and based on other historical figures. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_Us_All, retrieved 2024-07-24
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Call number: Berg Coll MSS Van Vechten
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 83922590-c616-012f-5914-58d385a7bc34
Copyright Notice
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten © Van Vechten Trust
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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

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1947: Created
  • 1964: Creator Died
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1947. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c3fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c3fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1947). William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c3fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c3fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947, (1947)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 24, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

William Horne as Jo the Loiterer. The Mother of Us All, May 14, 1947