Research Catalog

Title

Frederick O'Neal portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1945?-1989?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Karger, Jiří.
• Schumach, Paul.
• Smith, Bert.
• Campbell, James C.
• Kaufman, Irving.
• Mallory.
• Astorga, Mario.
• Dummett.
• Moss Photo (New York, N.Y.)
• Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)
• Blackstone-Shelburne (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Photo Service (New York, N.Y.)
• Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
• Gilbert Pictorial Enterprise (New York, N.Y.)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Consolidated News Pictures (Washington, D.C.)

Description

• <20> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
• <16> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Views of stage and film actor Frederick O'Neal approximately dated between 1945 and 1989. Besides many individual portraits (publicity stills), O'Neal is seen in group portraits broadcasting radio dramas, in motion picture stills from the film Pinky, speaking at public events, dining out, with other actors during a Negro Actors Guild dance, shaking hands with President Lyndon Johnson and standing next to a bust of Paul Robeson at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Individuals identified in group portraits are Phil Moore, Jeanne Crain, Lloyd E. Dickens, William L. Pfeiffer, Charles Gordon, Alberta Pryme, Claude Hopkins, Evelyn Davis, Phillip Dakin, Charlotte O'Neal, Hilda Simms, Willitta Payne and Reverend W.S. Mills. Half, three-quarter and full-length views are available.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Radio broadcasting > United States > 1940-1959
• Rewards & prizes > 1960-1969
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1989
• African Americans > Social life and customs > 1940-1949
• O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992
• Autographs > 1950-1959
• Publicity photographs > 1940-1949
• Dickens, Lloyd
• WHN (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
• Fund raising > New York (state) > 1960-1969
• African American actors
• Moore, Phil, 1918-1987
• White House (Washington, D.C.)
• Public speaking > United States > 1960-1969
• Crain, Jeanne, 1925-
• Hopkins, Claude
• Eating & drinking > United States > 1950-1959
• African American motion picture actors and actresses
• Portrait photographs > 1940-1989
• Motion picture stills > 1940-1949
• Columbia Broadcasting System, inc

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1940-1989.
• Publicity photographs – 1940-1949.
• Motion picture stills – 1940-1949.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1989.
• Autographs – 1950-1959.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Irving Kaufman, Twentieth Century-Fox, Mallory and others.
• Some photos are duplicates; some have captions or written descriptive information on verso; some have airbrush marks; one has autograph

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo O'Neal Frederick

OCLC

NYPG085000823-F

Title

Frederick O'Neal portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1945?-1989?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives available for some images.

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Added Author

Karger, Jiří. Photographer

Schumach, Paul. Photographer

Smith, Bert. Photographer

Campbell, James C. Photographer

Kaufman, Irving. Photographer

Mallory. Photographer

Astorga, Mario. Photographer

Dummett. Photographer

Moss Photo (New York, N.Y.)

Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)

Blackstone-Shelburne (New York, N.Y.)

Metropolitan Photo Service (New York, N.Y.)

Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)

Gilbert Pictorial Enterprise (New York, N.Y.)

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

Consolidated News Pictures (Washington, D.C.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo O'Neal Frederick