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Porgy and Bess theater stills collection

Title: Porgy and Bess theater stills collection [graphic].
Publication: <1935-1965.>

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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 Theater	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<14> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Views of scenes from various productions of "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin based on the play by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. Includes Todd Duncan, Warren Coleman, Ford Lee Washington, John Bubbles, Georgette Harvey, the Eva Jessye Choir, William Warfield (1953 production), Andrew Frierson and Joyce Bryant (1965 production) and views of Etta Moten in her dressing room.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

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Genre/Form

Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1969.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Vandamm Studio, Fred Fehl, International News Photos, and Nichols.
Some photographs have captions; some have written descriptive information; some are cropped.

Call Number

Sc Photo Theater

OCLC

NYPG089000309-F

Title

Porgy and Bess theater stills collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1935-1965.>

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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.

Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961.

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.

Fehl, Fred. Photographer

Nichols, -1991. Photographer

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

Vandamm Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Theater

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