Research Catalog

Title

William "Pop" Gates photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Gates, Pop, 1917-1999.

Publication

[194-?]-1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Maloney, Gerry.
• M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)
• Peterkin Photo.

Description

• 21 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box); 28 x 22 cm. and smaller.
• 4 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 8 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 5 photographic prints : col. ;
• 2 photographic prints : col. ;
• 1 photomontage : silver gelatin, b&w, ink ;
• 1 drawing : pencil, ink, b&w ;

Summary

The William "Pop" Gates Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of Gates's career as a professional basketball player from the 1930s to the 1950s, and his participation in basketball-related ceremonies and events from the 1980s to mid-1990s.

Subject

• Gates, Pop, 1917-1999
• Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
• Bell, Puggy
• Berry, Rick
• Bing, Dave, 1943-
• Burman, Henry L
• Clayton, Zach
• Cooper, Tarzan
• Donovan, Ann
• Erving, Julius
• Gomelsky, Aleksander
• Hayes, Elvin, 1945-
• Issacs, John
• Jackson, Stu
• Jenkins, Fat
• King, Dolly
• Kundla, John
• Mikkelsen, Vern
• Miller, Cheryl
• Monroe, Earl, 1944-
• Robertson, Oscar, 1938-
• Smith, Willie
• Steitz, Ed
• New York Renaissance (Basketball team)
• Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.) > Rites & ceremonies > 1980-1999
• African American basketball players
• African American athletes
• Basketball players > United States
• Basketball teams > United States
• Award presentations
• Rites & ceremonies > 1980-1999
• Receptions > 1980-1999

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
• Group portraits – 1940-1999.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1989.
• Dye coupler prints – 1980-1999.
• Photomontages.
• Illustrations – 1940-1949.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some items bear photographer's handstamp on verso; some photographs have handwritten notations or captions on either verso or recto; some images have printed captions either on recto or attached to recto; two items are stapled to paper mounts; one item is an illustration bearing hand printed text and artist's signature.
• Collection includes work by Peterkin Photo and M. & M. Smith.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• William "Pop" Gates (1917-1999) was a professional basketball player who went from playing on New York's Benjamin Franklin High School championship team in 1938 to the world professional championship team New York Renaissance in 1939.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: William "Pop" Gates Scrapbook.

Call Number

Sc Photo William Pop Gates Collection

OCLC

NYPG01-F276

Author

Gates, Pop, 1917-1999.

Title

William "Pop" Gates photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[194-?]-1995.

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

William "Pop" Gates (1917-1999) was a professional basketball player who went from playing on New York's Benjamin Franklin High School championship team in 1938 to the world professional championship team New York Renaissance in 1939. He was selected All-Pro player eight times during a 12 year period playing for the Rens, Grumman Flyers and Washington, D.C. Bears from 1938 to 1945; with the Buffalo Bisons/Tri-City Blackhawks and Dayton Rens of the National Basketball League from 1946 to 1949; and the Scranton Miners of the American League (1949-1950). He was also player-coach of the Harlem Globetrotters (1951-1955); was one of the first African American players to join the formerly all-white professional basketball leagues; and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: William "Pop" Gates Scrapbook.

Local Note

Sc MG 689

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Added Author

Maloney, Gerry. Artist

M. Smith (New York, N.Y.)

Peterkin Photo.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo William Pop Gates Collection