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Earl Brown photograph collection.

Title: Earl Brown photograph collection.
Author: Brown, Earl, 1903-1980
Publication: [1920?]-1965.

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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.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Earl Brown Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1pc Brown, Earl, 1903-1980 Earl Brown papers, 1934-1976 (OCoLC)433591070

Description

66 items (one box, .3 cubic ft.); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
22 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
34 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
10 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions primarily of the political and social activities of journalist and New York City public official Earl Brown from the late-1940s to the mid-1960s, consisting of individual portraits of Brown; group portraits showing Brown with his wife Emma Moseley Brown, and with various public figures at public gatherings, events and political functions; and views of Brown attending receptions, ceremonies, meetings, large assemblies, and a televised discussion. Depictions of Brown's activities as a journalist (ca. 1930s -1940s) are either limited or not clearly identified. Depictions of both Earl's and Emma's personal lives are limited.
Of note are a group of candid shots of Earl and Emma Brown at home when he won election to the New York City Council (1949); and a reproduced group portrait showing Brown and the staff of his school paper, the Howard Academy Herald (originally captured 1916). Among the individuals depicted with Brown are New York City Mayor Robert Wagner, Manhattan Borough President Edward R. Dudley, New York State Governor Averell Harriman, and President Harry S. Truman. Among the family friends depicted with a young Emma Moseley (ca. 1920s) are composer Harry T. Burleigh and artist Lois Mailou Jones.

Subject

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1920-1969.
Group portraits – 1920-1969.
Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1969.
Snapshots – 1920-1939.

Note

Title taken from Earl Brown Papers.
Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp on verso; one item bears photographer's name on recto. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items bear typewritten caption labels attached to verso; one item, a composite print, bears printed captions on recto.
Some items bear inscriptions; some items are cropped; some items have warn edges; some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by Elcha, Life Magazine, Carl Mydans, and Wagner International Photos, among others. Some images are copyrighted by the New York Daily News.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Earl Brown, 1903-1980, was an African American journalist and New York City political figure. During the 1930s to 1940s, Brown worked as a reporter and editor for such publictions as Time and the New York Amsterdam News. In 1949, Brown sucessfully defeated incumbant Benjamin J. Davis as New York City Councilman and served from 1950-1961, working against police brutality and housing discrimination. In 1961, he become a member of the city's Housing and Redevelopment Board, and, in 1963, was appointed Manhattan Deputy Borough President. From 1965-1966, Brown served as chairman of the city's Commission on Human Rights, after which he returned briefly to the Amsterdam News before retiring in 1967.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Earl Brown Papers, 1934-1976.

Call Number

Sc Photo Earl Brown Collection

OCLC

1285528274

Author

Brown, Earl, 1903-1980, collector.

Title

Earl Brown photograph collection.

Production

[1920?]-1965.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Earl Brown, 1903-1980, was an African American journalist and New York City political figure. During the 1930s to 1940s, Brown worked as a reporter and editor for such publictions as Time and the New York Amsterdam News. In 1949, Brown sucessfully defeated incumbant Benjamin J. Davis as New York City Councilman and served from 1950-1961, working against police brutality and housing discrimination. In 1961, he become a member of the city's Housing and Redevelopment Board, and, in 1963, was appointed Manhattan Deputy Borough President. From 1965-1966, Brown served as chairman of the city's Commission on Human Rights, after which he returned briefly to the Amsterdam News before retiring in 1967.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Earl Brown Papers, 1934-1976.

Local Note

Sc MG 254

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Added Author

Larsen, Lisa, 1925-1959, photographer.

McCombe, Leonard, 1923- , photographer.

Mydans, Carl, photographer.

Elcha (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Keystone Pictures (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Life Magazine, inc. (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

New York Daily News (Firm), issuing body.

Wagner International Photos (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Brown, Earl, 1903-1980 Earl Brown papers, 1934-1976 (OCoLC)433591070

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Earl Brown Collection

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