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Labelle portrait collection

Title: Labelle portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: [196-]-[197-]

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Labelle	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description

4 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
2 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Publicity photographs of vocal group Labelle from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. Collection consists of group portraits depicting Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, the group's earlier incarnation, featuring Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Cindy Birdsong and Sarah Dash (ca. mid-1960s); a cropped image of the Bluebelles after Birdsong left the group (ca. late-1960s); and Labelle during their period on Epic Records (mid-1970s). Quarter and full-length portraits depicted.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Publicity photographs – 1960-1979.
Group portraits – 1960-1979.
Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1979.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Collection contains work by Martha Swope.
Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso; some bear printed captions and photographer's credit on recto. One item bears cropping marks; some items cropped.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Labelle

OCLC

NYPG04-F575

Title

Labelle portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

[196-]-[197-]

Terms Of Use

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

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Swope, Martha. Photographer

Epic Records.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Labelle

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