Research Catalog

Title

Church buildings [graphic].

Publication

[1890]-1961.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Brodman, Keeve, 1906-
• Cooper, Harold T.
• Layne, Cecil.
• King Photographers (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
• National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Description

• 92 items (1 box, .3 lin. ft.); 36 x 27 cm. and smaller.
• 53 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 33 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 1 photographic print : col. ;
• 4 photomechanical prints : b&w, some col. ;
• 1 engraving : b&w ;

Summary

The collection depicts various church buildings, mainly in Harlem and other parts of New York City, from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s.

Subjects

• African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Church buildings > United States
• Group portraits
• Church buildings > Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
• Gelatin silver prints > 1880-1969
• Altars > Illinois > Chicago
• Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
• Church architecture > United States
• Architectural photographs
• St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
• Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953
• Church buildings > New York (State) > New York
• Architectural drawings > Reproduction
• St. Edmund's Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.)
• Dye coupler prints > 1961-1969
• Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventist Church (New York, N.Y.)
• Reproductions

Genre/Form

• Group portraits.
• Architectural photographs.
• Architectural drawings – Reproduction.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1880-1969.
• Dye coupler prints – 1961-1969.
• Reproductions.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some items bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some items have photographer's name printed on recto. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items have typewritten or printed captions attached to verso; some items have printed captions on recto. Some items are mounted; some items are duplicates.
• Collection includes work by Dr. Keeve Brodman, Harold T. Cooper, King Photographers and Cecil Layne, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Call Number

Sc Photo Church buildings

OCLC

NYPG03-F275

Title

Church buildings [graphic].

Imprint

[1890]-1961.

Terms Of Use

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

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Local Subject

Church buildings -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Added Author

Brodman, Keeve, 1906- Photographer

Cooper, Harold T. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

King Photographers (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Church buildings