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Musical groups

Title: Musical groups [graphic].
Publication: [192-?]-[198-?]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Musical groups Box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Musical groups Box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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161 items (.4 cu. ft., 2 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
155 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
6 postcards: b&w and col. ; 11 x 16 cm. or smaller.

Summary

The Musical Groups collection depicts African American and multiracial musical groups primarily associated with jazz, blues, rock, soul, funk, rhythm and blues, disco, and other genres. The collection dates from the 1920s to the 1980s and consists mostly of studio portraits as well as a few views of the recording artists in performance and candid shots, some probably used for publicity purposes. Among the groups depicted are the Bar-Kays, Flamingos, Four Tops, Kid Ory's Original Creole Jazz Band, Lenny White Group, Ohio Players, Ramsey Lewis Trio and the S.O.S. Band. Orchestras include the Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, Don Redman and his Orchestra and the Johnny Otis Orchestra. Images from the 1920s to the 1950s are limited, as are musical groups based outside the United States and all-female groups. Other photograph collections containing images of musical groups include Entertainers, the Portrait Collection, the Helen Armstead-Johnson Photograph Collection, and the Frederick D. Murphy Photograph Collection. Related collections includeEntertainers, Musicians, Vocalists, and Vocal Groups.

Subject

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1920-1989.
Group portraits – 1920-1989.
Publicity photographs – 1920-1989.
Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.
Postcards – 1920-1989.
Inscriptions – 1920-1989.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some images bear photographer's name on recto. Some items bear handwritten captions and/or printed captions on recto and/or verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso. A few items are inscribed. Press releases or biographical information accompany some items. Some items bear record label logo on recto. One item is a montage. Two items are composite photographs, one bearing four images, the other three images. Some items are cropped and/or bear cropping marks. Some items bear retouching marks. Some items are duplicates
Collection contains work by James Abresch, Bruno of Hollywood, James J. Kriegsmann, Cecil Layne, Duncan Schiedt, and Maurice Seymour, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

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Finding aid

Call Number

Sc Photo Musical groups

OCLC

783293560

Title

Musical groups [graphic].

Imprint

[192-?]-[198-?]

Terms Of Use

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

Indexes

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Abresch, James. Photographer

Bernard, Bruno. Photographer

Kriegsmann, James J. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Schiedt, Duncan P. Photographer

Seymour, Maurice. Photographer

Arista (Firm)

Capitol Records, Inc.

MCA Records, Inc.

Polydor (Firm)

RCA Records.

Warner Bros. Records.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Musical groups

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