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Noble Sissle portrait collection

Title: Noble Sissle portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1930?-1969?>

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Request Appointment 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 Sissle, Noble	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<4> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<7> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of songwriter, bandleader and entertainer Noble Sissle. Includes a candid view of Sissle with actress and model Sarah Lou Harris at a prize drawing; a group portrait of Sissle with Richard R. Miller, of the Museum of the City of New York, and sculptor Estella V. Wright with her bust of Sissle; a group portrait of Sissle with music critic Nora Holt and others; a group portrait of Sissle with entertainers Josephine Baker, Flournoy E. Miller and Edgar Battles during a United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) European tour revival of "Shuffle Along," in Brussels, Belgium (ca. 1945); and candid views of Sissle in military attire, probably during the U.S.O. tour (ca. 1945). Full, half and quarter length portraits are included.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
Group portraits – 1930-1969.
Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1969.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Aubrey S. Benners, James C. Campbell, Bing Studio and others.
Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso; some are cropped; some have handwritten descriptive information; one has typewritten caption.

Terms of Use (note)

Some photographs restricted; permission of copyright holder required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Sissle, Noble

OCLC

NYPG087000425-F

Title

Noble Sissle portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1930?-1969?>

Terms Of Use

Some photographs restricted; permission of copyright holder required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

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Added Author

Benners, Aubrey S. Photographer

Campbell, James C. Photographer

Bing Studio (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

U.S.O. Camp Shows, Inc.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Sissle, Noble

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