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Zora Neale Hurston portrait collection

Title
Zora Neale Hurston portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1920?-1950?>

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PictureUse in library Sc Photo Hurston, Zora NealeSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Additional Authors
  • Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
  • Kennedy, Stetson.
  • Federal Writers' Project.
Description
  • <16> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
  • <1> photoprint : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Views of Harlem Renaissance novelist, folklorist and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston approximately dated from 1920's to the 1950's. Images include portraits of Hurston at the W.P.A. booth at the NY Times bookfair reading book "American Stuff"; in a rocking chair, on a porch, smoking a cigarette; some images are studio portraits; half and full-length views are included. A print of a quarter-length portrait can be found in Portraits - Oversize.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • African American women authors
  • African American novelists
  • Women anthropologists > United States
  • Women folklorists > United States
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1920-1949.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1949.
Note
  • Title devised by the cataloger.
  • Some images are duplicates; some photos are fragile; some images have been cropped.
  • Photographers include Carl Van Vechten, Stetson Kennedy, and the Federal Writer's Project, among others.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Hurston, Zora Neale
OCLC
NYPG085000484-F
Title
Zora Neale Hurston portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1920?-1950?>
Terms Of Use
Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Photographer
Kennedy, Stetson. Photographer
Federal Writers' Project.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Hurston, Zora Neale
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