Research Catalog

Title

Florence Mills portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1910?-1989?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Georges, S.
• United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
• White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• Aldene (Firm)
• Gushiniere Studio.

Description

• <3> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
• <13> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <2> photomechanical prints : b&w ;

Summary

Views of singer and dancer Florence Mills, taken approximately between 1910 and 1927. Inclues individual portraits of Mills in and out of stage costume. One shows a young Mills in the cockpit of an airplane in 1927. Mills also seen in group portraits as part of the Panama Girls (with Coral Greene and Ada Smith); possibly with her sisters Olivia and Maude; and with Fred Johnson and U.S. Thompson. Some of the images are part of newspaper articles. Half-and three-quarter length views are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Uniform Title

Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Subjects

• Group portraits > 1910-1929
• Bricktop, 1894-1984
• Thompson, U.S
• Autographs
• Panama Girls
• Mills, Florence, 1896-1927
• African American entertainers
• Portrait photographs > 1910-1929
• Johnson, Fredi
• Arrivals & departures > 1900-1919
• African American singers
• Women singers > United States
• Greene, Coral
• Photomechanical prints > 1920-1929
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1910-1989

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1910-1929.
• Group portraits – 1910-1929.
• Autographs.
• Photomechanical prints – 1920-1929.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1910-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Aldene, S. Georges, White Studio and others.
• Some images are duplicates; some have inscriptions or are autographed; some have captions; some have written descriptive information on verso.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Mills, Florence

OCLC

NYPG085000876-F

Title

Florence Mills portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1910?-1989?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives available for some images.

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Added Author

Georges, S. Photographer

United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)

White Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Aldene (Firm)

Gushiniere Studio.

Added Title

Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Mills, Florence