Research Catalog
Bennie Benjamin portrait collection
- Title
- Bennie Benjamin portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <194-?>-1950.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Benjamin, Bennie | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- <8> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Views of musician and composer Bennie Benjamin, dated approximately from the 1940s to 1950, consisting of group portraits of Benjamin and songwriting partner George Weiss; views of Benjamin and Weiss performing at the Apollo Theater (1946) and during a rally for Virgin Islands governor Morris De Castro at the Park Palace (1950); in a group portrait with George Weiss and other musicians at the radio studio of WMCA, New York; and in a group portrait with Art Ford, Deanna Bartlett, Maurie Hartman and Eddie Seileri.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Singers > United States
- Benjamin, Bennie, 1907-1989
- African American singers
- Group portraits > 1940-1959
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1959
- Weiss, George (George David)
- Radio broadcasting > United States > 1940-1949
- Concerts > 1940-1959
- Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
- WMCA (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
- Portrait photographs > 1940-1949
- African American musicians
- Musicians > United States
- Composers > United States
- Park Palace (New York, N.Y.)
- African American composers
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1940-1959.
- Portrait photographs – 1940-1949.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1959.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Photographers include James C. Campbell, Dummett, Rapid News Photo and Arsene Studio, among others.
- Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso. All items bear handwritten descriptive information on verso. Two items are duplicates. Some items bear cropping marks; one item has been cropped.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms a part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Benjamin, Bennie
- OCLC
- NYPG085000265-F
- Title
- Bennie Benjamin portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <194-?>-1950.
- Linking Entry
- Forms a part of the Portrait Collection.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Campbell, James C. PhotographerDummett. PhotographerRapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)Arsene Studio (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Benjamin, Bennie