Research Catalog
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. portrait collection
- Title
- Benjamin O. Davis Jr. portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1934?-1979?>
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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 Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- United States. Air Force.
- Description
- <3> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm.
- <4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- <1> photomechanical print : b&w ;
- Summary
- Portraits of Air Force Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Collection includes quarter-length portraits and one full-length view of Davis posed with his airplane. Group portraits show Davis talking with John W. Daniels, John W. Johnson, Norman P. Phillips, J.E. Finnell. Several portraits are of Davis with his father, Army General Davis Sr., one where Davis is being decorated by his father and one including Agatha Davis, Benjamin Jr.'s wife. Davis is also shown receiving the Legion of Merit. Full and half-length views are available.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Davis, Agatha
- Johnson, John W
- Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002
- Photomechanical prints > 1930-1979
- Finnell, J. E
- Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes > United States
- United States > Air Force > African Americans
- Phillips, Norman P
- United States > Air Force > Officers
- Daniels, John W
- Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1930-1979
- Portrait photographs > 1930-1979
- Group portraits > 1930-1979
- Portraits > 1930-1979
- African American generals
- Genre/Form
- Portraits – 1930-1979.
- Group portraits – 1930-1979.
- Portrait photographs – 1930-1979.
- Photomechanical prints – 1930-1979.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1979.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Photographs have captions; some photographs have written descriptive information; some photographs are cropped.
- Photographers include U.S. Air Force.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.
- OCLC
- NYPG085000644-F
- Title
- Benjamin O. Davis Jr. portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1934?-1979?>
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of Portrait Collection.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- United States. Air Force.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.