Research Catalog
Portraits of actors and actresses.
- Title
- Portraits of actors and actresses.
- Publication
- [between 1910 and 1990?]
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 223 items (.4 cubic ft., 2 boxes); 28 x 21 cm or smaller.
- 203 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- 16 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- 4 photographic prints : color ;
- Summary
- Consists mainly of publicity portraits of actors and actresses of African descent, from the 1900s to the 1990s, though mostly from the 1960s to the 1980s. Among the individuals depicted are Roscoe Lee Brown, Levar Burton, Jack Carter, Scatman Crothers, Cleavon Little, Richard Roundtree, James Stoval, Frances Foster, Ebony Jo-Ann, Janet McLachlean, Esther Rolle and Edna Thomas. Portraits are arranged alphabetically by names of individuals with group portraits filed at the end of Actors.
- Other photographs of actors and actresses can be found in individual portrait collections, Television Stills, Motion Picture Stills and Theater.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1910-1999.
- Group portraits – 1960-1999.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1910-1999.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso. Some items bear printed and/or handwritten captions on recto and/or verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso. Some items bear inscriptions or autographs. Some items are cropped or bear cropping marks. Some items are matted. Some portraits have actors or actresses resume attached.
- Collection contains work by Bert Andrews, Cecil Layne, Bill Sparrow, Bill Whiting, and Friedman-Abeles, among others.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portraits of Actors and Actresses.
- OCLC
- 1295467615
- Title
- Portraits of actors and actresses.
- Production
- [between 1910 and 1990?]
- 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.
- Finding Aids
- Finding aid available in library folder level control.
- Added Author
- Andrews, Bert , photographer.Layne, Cecil, photographer.Sparrow, Bill, photographer.Whiting, Bill, photographer.Friedman-Abeles (Firm), photographer.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portraits of Actors and Actresses.