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Oral history interview with Austin Hansen
- Title
- Oral history interview with Austin Hansen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Author
- Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996
- Publication
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 1 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 2 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 2 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 3 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Disc 4 | Moving image | By appointment only | Sc Visual DVD-1348 Disc 4 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 4 videodiscs (82 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Austin Hansen discusses his life and career as a photographer; family and childhood in St. Thomas; introduction to photography; first camera and professional photographs; arrival in U.S. in 1928; interest in Statue of Liberty; attempt to sell photos to Daily News; various jobs held; musical gigs; start as a professional photographer; work for churches; brother Aubrey; incidents photographed in Harlem; drafted into Navy during WWII; duties in Navy; race relations; illness and disability discharge; Office of War Information; employed by Amsterdam News; studio and work done there; views of photographs; painting b&w photos, print-on color film; more photos; (4) darkroom where negatives developed; working methods; kitchen and dryer for glossy prints; more photographs; darkroom for developing prints; tintype and restored copy.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Oral histories.
- Nonfiction films.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
- Biography (note)
- Austin Hansen is a photographer in Harlem.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1348
- OCLC
- 945777829
- Author
- Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996, interviewee.
- Title
- Oral history interview with Austin Hansen / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
- Publisher
- New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD
- Performer
- Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
- Event
- Recorded August 6, 1986. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York.
- Terms Of Use
- Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
- Biography
- Austin Hansen is a photographer in Harlem.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1348