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Pearl Primus portrait collection

Title
Pearl Primus portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1940?-1959?>

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folder 2PictureUse in library Sc Photo Primus, PearlSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
folder 1PictureUse in library Sc Photo Primus, PearlSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Primus, Pearl
  • Women dancers > United States
  • Choreographers > United States
  • African Americans > Dance > 1940-1959
  • Male dancers > United States
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1959.
  • Photomechanical prints – 1940-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some photographs have captions.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local note
  • Negatives exist for some images.
Call Number
Sc Photo Primus, Pearl
OCLC
NYPG085000449-F
Title
Pearl Primus portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1940?-1959?>
Description
<6> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<20> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
<2> photomechanical print : b&w ; 19 x 14 cm.
Summary
Portraits of dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus. Collection includes views of Primus dancing as well as portraits of other dancers. Full and quarter length portraits are included.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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