Research Catalog

Title

Housing [graphic].

Publication

[1915]-1967.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Campbell, James C.
• Dummett.
• Huff, Herman.
• Layne, Cecil.
• Nichols, -1991.
• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm)
• International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
• Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• M.L.I. Co. Photo Bureau.
• New York City Housing Authority.
• United States. Office of War Information.

Description

• 581 items (5 boxes, 1.3 lin. ft.); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 182 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 322 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 71 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 1 photographic print : col. ;
• 2 photographic postcards : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

The Housing collection depicts residential buildings, urban renewal projects and housing conditions, mostly in Harlem, New York, from the 1940s to the 1950s.

Subjects

• African Americans > Housing
• Group portraits > 1930-1969
• Harlem River Houses (New York, N.Y.)
• Urban renewal > Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• Housing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
• Dwellings > New York (State) > New York
• Building > New York (State) > New York
• Jack, Hulan E (Hulan Edwin), 1906-1986
• Photographic postcards
• Gelatin silver prints > 1910-1969
• Progress photographs > 1930-1959
• St. Nicholas Houses (New York, N.Y.)
• Dewey, Thomas E (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
• Housing > New York (State) > New York
• Paul Laurence Dunbar Houses (New York, N.Y.)
• Apartments > New York (State) > New York
• Public housing > New York (State) > New York
• Housing, Rural > United States
• Riverton Houses (New York, N.Y.)
• Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
• Apartment houses > New York (State) > New York
• Housing > Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• African Americans > Housing > New York (State) > New York
• Housing > United States
• Architectural photographs > 1910-1969
• Architectural drawings > Reproduction > 1940-1959
• O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964
• Planned communities > United States
• Wagner, Robert F (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-
• Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York
• Alexander, Clifford L (Clifford Leopold), 1897-1989
• Delano Village (New York, N.Y.)
• Dwellings > United States

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1930-1969.
• Progress photographs – 1930-1959.
• Architectural photographs – 1910-1969.
• Architectural drawings – Reproduction – 1940-1959.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1969.
• Photographic postcards.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs bear photographer's, photography studio's or organizational handstamp on verso; some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items have typewritten captions. Some photographs have cropping and/or retouching marks; some items are cropped. Some images are duplicates.
• Collection includes work by Dummett, Hedrich-Blessing, Herman Huff, Cecil Layne and Nichols, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid;

Call Number

Sc Photo Housing

OCLC

NYPG03-F230

Title

Housing [graphic].

Imprint

[1915]-1967.

Terms Of Use

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

Indexes

Finding aid; folder level control.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Local Subject

Housing -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Urban renewal -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Added Author

Campbell, James C. Photographer

Dummett. Photographer

Huff, Herman. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Nichols, -1991. Photographer

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm)

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

Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

M.L.I. Co. Photo Bureau.

New York City Housing Authority.

United States. Office of War Information.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Housing