Research Catalog
Robert and George Bell portrait collection
- Title
- Robert and George Bell portrait collection [graphic].
- Publication
- [194-]-[195-]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 Bell, Robert and George | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 5 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Portraits of brothers Robert (Bob) and George Bell, owner of Bell's Cocktail Lounge in Harlem, New York CIty. Collection consists of group portraits, taken at Bell's Cocktail Lounge, depicting Bob and George Bell (1944); Robert Bell with his wife, Thelma (1947); Robert Bell and Eleanor Bell, among others, at the cocktail lounge's grand opening (1951); and Robert Bell and Peggy Bell, among others, at Robert Bell's birthday party (1946).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1940-1959.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1959.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs bear photograph agency's handstamp on verso. Some items bear photographer's name handwritten on verso. Photographs bear handwritten captions on verso. Some items bear cropping marks.
- Collection contains work by Dummett and Rapid News Photo, among others..
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Bell, Robert and George
- OCLC
- NYPG06-F954
- Title
- Robert and George Bell portrait collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- [194-]-[195-]
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Dummett. PhotographerRapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Bell, Robert and George