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Bettie Esther Parham portrait collection

Title
Bettie Esther Parham portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1940?-1959?>

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Additional Authors
  • Hawkins, Del I.
  • Campbell, James C.
  • Nichols, -1991
  • Calvin's News Service (New York, N.Y.)
  • Roberts Photo Studio (Yonkers, N.Y.)
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Parham, Bettie Esther
  • Morgan, Rose, 1912?-2008
  • Buchanan, Bessie
  • Parham, Bettie Esther > Homes and haunts > 1940-1959
  • African American beauty operators
  • Hairdressing of African Americans
  • African Americans > Social life and customs > 1950-1959
  • African American businesspeople
  • Businesswomen > United States
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1940-1959.
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Photographers include James Campbell, Nichols, David Hawkins and others.
  • Some photographs are cropped; some have airbrush marks; some photographs bear captions.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Parham, Bettie Esther
OCLC
NYPG085000407-F
Title
Bettie Esther Parham portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1940?-1959?>
Description
<9> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<8> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Portraits of beautician and businesswoman Esther Parham. Includes views of Parham standing with friends in front of her beauty salon, modeling hairstyles, attending a shower in her honor, on her wedding day, feeding chickens, and giving a party at her home. There are also views of her house, with interior shots of a decorated fireplace, a stove piled with canned goods, and Parham displaying her freezer. Other individuals pictured with Parham are Rose Morgan and Bessie Buchanan. Full, half and quarter length portraits are included.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
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Added Author
Hawkins, Del I. Photographer
Campbell, James C. Photographer
Nichols, -1991. Photographer
Calvin's News Service (New York, N.Y.)
Roberts Photo Studio (Yonkers, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Parham, Bettie Esther
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