Research Catalog
Sojourner Truth portrait collection
- Title
- Sojourner Truth portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1860?-1989?>
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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 Truth, Sojourner | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- <9> photomechanical prints : b&w; 11 x 9 cm. or smaller.
- <1> photomechanical print : b&w ;
- <2> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- <18> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Views of abolitionist, author, orator and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth. The collection consists of a number of portraits of Truth sitting, knitting, speaking on a anti-slavery platform, standing and posed with Abraham Lincoln. Also the title page of the narrative of Sojourner Truth and copies of songs and newspaper articles about Truth, with and without photo. Half, quarter and full-length views available.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1860-1989
- Post cards > United States > 1860-1869
- Group portraits > 1860-1879
- African American women authors
- Abolitionists > United States
- Drawings
- Title pages > United States > 1850-1859
- Portrait photographs > 1860-1879
- African American women orators
- Photomechanical prints > 1920-1959
- Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883
- Public speaking > United States > 1820-1869
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1860-1879.
- Group portraits – 1860-1879.
- Post cards – United States – 1860-1869.
- Photomechanical prints – 1920-1959.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1860-1989.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some images produced by Associated Publishers and Johnson Publishing Company.
- Some images are duplicates; some have captions; some images have information on verso.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Truth, Sojourner
- OCLC
- NYPG087000040-F
- Title
- Sojourner Truth portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1860?-1989?>
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Local Note
- Negatives available for some images.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Johnson Publishing Company.Associated Publishers.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Truth, Sojourner