Research Catalog
Hall Johnson portrait collection
- Title
- Hall Johnson portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1930?-1970?>
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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 Johnson, Hall | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- <6> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm.
- <4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Portraits of composer and choral conductor Hall Johnson ranging from the 1930s to 1970. Collection includes quarter length individual portraits as well as views of Johnson with his choir at the Waldorf-Astoria, conducting an unidentified choir, participating in a WOR radio broadcast with Margaret Down, Joan Edwards, and Frances Autori, and possibly receiving a bouquet of flowers. Full and half length views are available.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970
- Choirs (Music) > 1950-1969
- Group portraits > 1930-1969
- Hall Johnson Choir
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1930-1969
- Radio broadcasting > New York (N.Y.) > 1940-1949
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y. : 1931-)
- Portrait photographs > 1930-1969
- Conductors > 1920-1970
- African American composers
- Concerts > 1930-1949
- Choral conducting
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1930-1969.
- Group portraits – 1930-1969.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1969.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Photographers include A. Hansen Studio, Burley, and others.
- Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some photographs have written descriptive information; some bear airbrush marks.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Johnson, Hall
- OCLC
- NYPG085000571-F
- Title
- Hall Johnson portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1930?-1970?>
- Terms Of Use
- Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Local Note
- Negatives exist for some images.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Martin, Raymond K. PhotographerBurley. PhotographerRapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Johnson, Hall