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Hilda Simms photograph collection

Title: Hilda Simms photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994.
Publication: [1918?]-[197-?]

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Found In

p1pc Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994 Hilda Simms papers, 1930-1994 (OCoLC)973733226

Description

1118 items (6 boxes, 1.7 lin. ft.); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
347 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
137 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
122 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
11 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 36 x 29 cm. and smaller.
1 panoramic photographic print : silver gelatin, b&w ;
115 photographic prints : col. ;
18 photomechanical prints : halftone, b&w ;
8 instant camera photographic prints : b&w, some col. ;
12 photographic postcards : silver gelatin, b&w ;
161 slides : col. ;
5 postcards : b&w, some col. ;
181 negatives : b&w and col. ;

Summary

The Hilda Simms Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of her personal life and her career as an actress and celebrity from the 1920s to the 1970s.

Alternative Title

Anna Lucasta.
The gentle people.
The Joe Louis story (Motion picture : 1953)

Subject

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1910-1979.
Group portraits – 1920-1979.
Publicity photographs – 1940-1969.
Film stills – 1950-1959.
Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1979.
Dye coupler prints – 1950-1969.
Halftone photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
Photographic postcards.
Instant camera photographs – 1960-1979.
Panoramic photographs – 1950-1959.
Slides – 1960-1969.
Film negatives – 1930-1969.

Note

Title taken from Hilda Simms Papers.
Some photographs have either photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso, and/or blind stamp on recto; some images have photographer's or photography studio's name either printed or signed on recto. Some photographs bear handwritten notations on verso; some images have printed captions either attached to verso or printed on recto. Some items have inscriptions; some items are either mounted or matted; many items are duplicates.
Collection includes work by George Karger, Denis de Marney, Cecil Layne, Milton Greene, Jean M. Petrick, and Makler Photography, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Hilda Simms (1918-1994), actress, was best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theatre production of "Anna Lucasta" that moved successfully to Broadway in 1944.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Hilda Simms Papers.

Call Number

Sc Photo Hilda Simms Collection

OCLC

NYPG01-F88

Author

Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994.

Title

Hilda Simms photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[1918?]-[197-?]

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Hilda Simms (1918-1994), actress, was best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theatre production of "Anna Lucasta" that moved successfully to Broadway in 1944. Her acting career, which continued on stage into the 1970s, also included film, television and radio broadcasts during the 1950s and 1960s. She also worked for creative arts and drug treatment programs in New York during the 1960s and 1970s.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Hilda Simms Papers.

Local Note

Sc MG 539

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Greene, Milton. Photographer

Karger, Jiří. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Marney, Denis de. Photographer

Petrick, Jean M. Photographer

Makler Photography (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Added Title

Anna Lucasta.

The gentle people.

The Joe Louis story (Motion picture : 1953)

Found In:

p1pc Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994 Hilda Simms papers, 1930-1994 (OCoLC)973733226

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Hilda Simms Collection

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