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Honi Coles portrait collection

Title: Honi Coles portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1930?-1989?>

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo Coles, Honi	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<1> photoprint : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of dancer Honi Coles. Collection includes shots of Coles dancing, alone and with Cholly Atkins and Billy Eckstine at the Apollo. A youthful Coles is also shown with Ruth Mason. An older Coles is depicted at the Schomburg Center with Howard Dodson and Cheryl Shackelton. Half and full-length views are included

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Group portraits – 1930-1989.
Portrait photographs – 1930-1989.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1989.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some photographs have written descriptive information; some photographs are cropped.
Photographers include Joyce Lee and Charles Stewart.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Coles, Honi

OCLC

NYPG085000751-F

Title

Honi Coles portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1930?-1989?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Lee, Joyce. Photographer

Stewart, Charles. Photographer

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Coles, Honi

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