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John "Snookie" Walker photograph collection

Title
John "Snookie" Walker photograph collection [graphic]/ John "Snookie" Walker.
Author
Walker, John Snookie.
Publication
[19--?-198-]

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Additional Authors
  • Lee, James.
  • Link, James.
  • McAdams, David.
  • Ramsey, C. A.
  • Rappoport Studios (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  • 99 items (.2 lin. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
  • 55 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 20 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 16 photographic prints : col. ;
  • 1 photographic print : col. ;
  • 1 scrapbook (26 photographic prints) : col. ;
  • 1 negative : b&w ;
  • 1 photomontage : photographic prints, ink ;
  • 1 postcard : b&w ;
Summary
The John "Snookie" Walker Photograph Collection documents the activities and individuals associated with some of the athletic clubs organized and managed by Walker from the early 1950s to the 1970s.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photography – 19??-1989.
  • Group portraits – 19??-1989.
  • Photographic postcards.
  • Scrapbooks – 1980-1989.
  • Snapshots – 1950-1989.
  • Photographic prints – 1900-1989.
  • Photographic prints – Color – 1950-1989.
  • Silver gelatin photographic prints – 19??-1989.
  • Photomontages – 1930-1939.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some photographs have photographer's handstamp on verso.
  • Some photographs have descriptive information on verso or recto.
  • Collection includes photographs by James Lee, James Link, Jr., David McAdams, C.A. Ramsey, and Rappoport Studios.
Biography (note)
  • John "Snookie" Walker was a Harlem business entrepreneur and organizer/manager of several Harlem-based youth and professional athletic teams.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the John R. Walker Scrapbook.
Call Number
Sc Photo John "Snookie" Walker Collection
OCLC
NYPG96-F66
Author
Walker, John Snookie.
Title
John "Snookie" Walker photograph collection [graphic]/ John "Snookie" Walker.
Imprint
[19--?-198-]
Linking Entry
Forms part of the John R. Walker Scrapbook.
Biography
John "Snookie" Walker was a Harlem business entrepreneur and organizer/manager of several Harlem-based youth and professional athletic teams. Born and raised in Harlem, he opened the Sugar Bowl Restaurant, on West 137th Street and Seventh Ave., in 1947, which he co-owned with his wife Dolores.
In 1950, he organized Snookie's Sugar Bowl Five basketball team, which featured semi-pro and professional players, and had its glory years from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. In 1951, he helped to reorganize the New York Renaissance, or Rens, professional basketball team, and was the team's manager-coach through the mid-1950s. In 1957, Walker organized the youth-oriented Biddy Basketball League of Metropolitan New York and became its first commissioner. His "Biddy" teams went on to win national and international basketball tournaments from the mid to late 1960s. He would also form youth leagues in softball and baseball for pre-teens throughout the 1950s to the 1970s, as well as organize an all-women's basketball team, the Harlem Globe Travellettes, in the early 1950s.
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Local Subject
Restaurants -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Local Subject
Restaurants -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Added Author
Lee, James. Photographer
Link, James. Photographer
McAdams, David. Photographer
Ramsey, C. A. Photographer
Rappoport Studios (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo John "Snookie" Walker Collection
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