Research Catalog

Title

Eubie Blake collection [graphic].

Publication

1915?-1979?

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Details

Additional Authors

Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Description

• 1 scrapbook (42 photoprints, 5 b&w, 37 col.); 31 x 23 cm. or smaller.
• 1 photomechanical print (2 sides) : b&w ;
• 34 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Photographs, some promotional, mainly of African American entertainers and snapshots of an elderly Eubie Blake at home.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983
• Portrait photographs > 1910-1979
• Portraits > 1950-1959
• African American musicians
• Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 > Family > 1940-1979
• Group portraits > 1910-1979
• Pianists > United States
• Snow, Valaida
• Snapshots > 1970-1979
• Autographs > 1910-1979
• African American entertainers
• Photoprints > Color > 1970-1979
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1910-1979
• Scrapbooks > 1970-1979
• African American composers
• Photomechanical prints > 1950-1959
• Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 > Homes & haunts > 1970-1979

Genre/Form

• Scrapbooks – 1970-1979.
• Portraits – 1950-1959.
• Snapshots – 1970-1979.
• Group portraits – 1910-1979.
• Portrait photographs – 1910-1979.
• Autographs – 1910-1979.
• Photoprints – Color – 1970-1979.
• Photomechanical prints – 1950-1959.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1910-1979.

Note

• Some photographs are autographed. One photogragh is hand colored.

Biography (note)

• Ragtime pianist and composer, and composer of musical comedies.

Call Number

Sc Photo Eubie Blake Collection

OCLC

NYPG087000312-F

Title

Eubie Blake collection [graphic].

Imprint

1915?-1979?

Biography

Ragtime pianist and composer, and composer of musical comedies.

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Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Eubie Blake Collection