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Mantan Moreland portrait collection

Title
Mantan Moreland portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
[194-?]-1973.

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Moreland, MantanSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Additional Authors
Associated Press.
Description
<4> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm.
Summary
Portraits of comedian and actor Mantan Moreland consisting of a studio portrait which was probably used for publicity purposes (ca. 1940s); a 1949 studio portrait used for a press notice upon his death (1973); and a group portrait of Moreland, with actor and comedian Ben Carter, doing an unidentified National Broadcasting Company radio broadcast (ca. 1940s).
Subject
  • Moreland, Mantan
  • Carter, Ben, 1911-1947
  • African American comedians
  • African American motion picture actors and actresses
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1949.
  • Publicity photographs – 1940-1949.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1979.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some photographs bear handwritten captions on verso; one image has caption printed on recto; two items are duplicates.
  • Collection contains work credited to AP Wirephoto.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some items are restricted; permission is required from copyright holder for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Moreland, Mantan
OCLC
NYPG00-F317
Title
Mantan Moreland portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
[194-?]-1973.
Terms Of Use
Some items are restricted; permission is required from copyright holder for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Associated Press.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Moreland, Mantan
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