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Ruth Whaley portrait collection

Title
Ruth Whaley portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1945?-1951?>

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Additional Authors
  • Nichols, -1991.
  • Keystone Pictures (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  • <1> photoprint : silver gelatin, b&w; 17 x 22 cm.
  • <6> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Portraits of lawyer and NYC Board of Estimate Secretary Ruth Whitehead Whaley. Includes views of Whaley being sworn in by mayor Impelliteri as her children watch, signing a register and sitting beside her husband Herman. Half length portraits.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Whaley, Ruth Whitehead
  • Impellitteri, Vincent R. 1900-1987
  • Whaley, Herman
  • African American lawyers
  • Women lawyers > United States
  • Minority municipal officials and employees > New York (State) > New York
  • Oaths > New York (N.Y.) > 1950-1959
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1940-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Photographers include Nichols and Keystone Pictures.
  • Some photographs bear captions; some are marked.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Whaley, Ruth
OCLC
NYPG087000109-F
Title
Ruth Whaley portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1945?-1951?>
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait collection.
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Added Author
Nichols, -1991. Photographer
Keystone Pictures (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Whaley, Ruth
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