Research Catalog
Wesley Williams portrait collection
- Title
- Wesley Williams portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- <1915?-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 Williams, Wesley | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Campbell, James C.
- Description
- <6> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
- <11> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- <1> photomechanical print : b&w ;
- Summary
- Portraits of fireman Wesley Williams. Notable images include Williams driving a fire truck; standing in front of a mail truck; displaying his physique; shaking hands with New York City mayor William O'Dwyer; being honored by Mayor Ed Koch and others; in a group portrait with his father, James H. Williams, grandfather, John Wesley Williams, and son, James H. Williams, 2nd; and a group portrait of the four Williams generations with New York City mayor John F. Hylan. Full and half length portraits are included.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Hylan, John F
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1910-1989
- Strong men > United States > 1920-1929
- African American fire fighters
- O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964
- Mail trucks > New York (State) > New York > 1910-1919
- Williams, Wesley A., 1896-1984
- Koch, Ed, 1924-2013
- Portrait photographs > 1910-1959
- Group portraits > 1940-1989
- Williams, James H
- Williams, John Wesley
- Fire engines > New York (N.Y.) > 1910-1919
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1940-1989.
- Portrait photographs – 1910-1959.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1910-1989.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Photographers include James C. Campbell.
- Some photographs bear captions; some are duplicates; some photographs have writing on them; some are bent and torn.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Williams, Wesley
- OCLC
- NYPG087000143-F
- Title
- Wesley Williams portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- <1915?-1989?>
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Local Note
- Negatives exist for some images.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Campbell, James C. Photographer
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Williams, Wesley