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Eartha Kitt portrait collection

Title
Eartha Kitt portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1940?-1979?>

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, W.
  • Dummett
  • Benners, Aubrey S.
  • Moszynsk, Variety
  • Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
  • RCA-Victor Company
  • Wide World Photos
  • Museum of the City of New York
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Kitt, Eartha
  • African American singers
  • African American actresses
  • African Americans > Clothing and dress > 1940-1979
  • African Americans > Social life and customs > 1940-1979
  • Dancers > United States
  • Women singers > United States
  • African American entertainers
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1940-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1940-1979.
  • Photoprints – 1940-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints. – 1940-1979.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some images have been cropped; some images have captions.
  • Photographers include Dummett, Aubrey S. Benners, W. Smith, RCA Victor Records, Variety Moszynski, Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some photographs are restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection
Local note
  • Negatives exist for some images.
Call Number
Sc Photo Kitt, Eartha
OCLC
NYPG085000797-F
Title
Eartha Kitt portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1940?-1979?>
Description
<19> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21cm. or smaller.
<2> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
<2> photoprints : col. ; 18 x 13 cm.
<1> photomechanical print : halftone, b&w ; 14 x 19 cm.
Summary
Views of singer, actress and dancer Eartha Kitt approximately dating from the 1940's to 1979. Includes numerous individual portraits taken in studios, on stage and during recording session, with family, in a fashion show (hat show), on vacation. Individuals in group portraits include: daughter Kit, Ray Stappelton, Bobbie Evans, Gladys Johnson, Vivianne Byers, Carole Harris, Thelma Fields, Trudi Cheltenham, Evelyn Cunningham, Louisa Laws, Thelma Worrell, Fannie Robinson, Dorothea Towles, Rose Morgan, Bill Howard and Robert Clary.
Terms Of Use
Some photographs are restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Smith, W. Photographer
Dummett. Photographer
Benners, Aubrey S. Photographer
Moszynsk, Variety. Photographer
Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
RCA-Victor Company.
Wide World Photos.
Museum of the City of New York.
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Kitt, Eartha
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