Research Catalog
Ruth Ellington portrait collection
- Title
- Ruth Ellington portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1935?-1965?>
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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 Ellington, Ruth | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- <5> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
- <1> photoprint : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Portraits of Ruth Ellington, sister of Duke Ellington. Collection includes individual candid shots of Ellington; a group portrait with attorney Ben Stark; and a group portrait of Ellington, talking on the phone, surrounded by Mercer Ellington, Dr. Douglas Bray, Leonard Feather who is holding a Duke Ellington record, and Nat Hentoff. Quarter, half and three quarter views are included.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1930-1969.
- Group portraits – 1930-1969.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1969.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs have captions; some are cropped; one image bears airbrush marks; some photographs have written descriptive information.
- Photographers include Cecil Layne, Impact and others.
- 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 Ellington, Ruth
- OCLC
- NYPG085000729-F
- Title
- Ruth Ellington portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1935?-1965?>
- 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
- Layne, Cecil. PhotographerLayne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)Impact (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Ellington, Ruth