Research Catalog

Title

Madam C.J. Walker portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1910?-1984.>

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Details

Additional Authors

• Scurlock, Addison.
• Associated Publishers.
• Helaine Victoria Press.

Description

• <3> photomechanical prints : b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
• <4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of Madam C.J. Walker: views of her mansion in Irving-on-Hudson, New York; postcard of Madam Walker at wheel of car with niece, factory forewoman and secretary in Indiana, Indianapolis.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Photomechanical prints > 1920-1989
• Women millionaires > United States
• Snapshots > 1920-1929
• Automobiles > United States > 1910-1919
• Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919
• Mansions > New York > Irving-on-Hudson
• Postcards > 1980-1989
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1910-1929
• African American women executives
• Portrait photographs > 1910-1919

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1910-1919.
• Postcards – 1980-1989.
• Snapshots – 1920-1929.
• Photomechanical prints – 1920-1989.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1910-1929.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some images have captions, some are duplicates.
• Photographers include Addison Scurlock; some images produced by Associated Publishers and Helaine Victoria Press.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Walker, Madam C. J.

OCLC

NYPG087000071-F

Title

Madam C.J. Walker portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1910?-1984.>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some of the images.

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Added Author

Scurlock, Addison. Photographer

Associated Publishers.

Helaine Victoria Press.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Walker, Madam C. J.