Research Catalog

Title

The Inter-state Tattler photograph collection [graphic].

Publication

[19--?-193-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Joe
• Elcha, Eddie
• Poole, Paul
• Scurlock, Addison
• Aldene
• Blooms Studio (Philadelphia, Penn.)
• Campbell's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• Elcha (New York, N.Y.)
• Poole Studio (Atlanta, Ga.)
• Vithana Studio

Subject

• Butler, Bennie
• Delany, Hubert T
• Hudgins, Johnny
• Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
• Spencer, Edith
• Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
• Watson, James S
• Inter-State Tattler
• African American actresses > New York (State) > New York
• African American actors > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > Clothing > 20th century
• African American entertainers > New York (State) > New York
• African American periodicals > New York (State) > New York
• African American women > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs
• Vaudeville > New York (State) > New York
• Women basketball players > New York (State) > New York
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1900-1939.
• Group portraits – 1920-1939.
• Postcards – 1920-1939.
• Publicity photography – 1920-1939.
• Erotica – 1920-1939.
• Photographic prints – 1900-1939.
• Silver gelatin photographic prints – 1900-1939.
• Hand coloring.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs have descriptive information on verso or recto.
• Some items have photographer's stamp on verso; some items have studio blind stamp on recto.
• Some photographs have cropping marks.
• Collection includes photographs by Eddie Elcha, Paul Poole, Addison Scurlock, and others.
• Magazines transferred to the Black & Third World Periodicals Collection, located in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Access is restricted.
• Magazine available on microfilm in General Research and Reference Division; call no. Sc Micro RS-455.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some photographs restricted; permission of copyright holder required for reproduction.

Biography (note)

• The Inter-state Tattler was a weekly African American magazine that was started in 1925 as a continuation of the New York Tattler. The Tattler office was located at 2305 Seventh Avenue, in Harlem, with A.A. Jackson, Jr. as Editor, and Bennie Butler as Managing Editor and Theatrical and Sports Editor.
• The Tattler was a mixture of society news and gossip, personality profiles, theatrical and nightclub news, sports, editorials, and advice columns. It often combined sensational headlines, local gossip, and cheesecake pictures of showgirls with the more mundane articles and photos of society people, entertainers, and social functions. Much of the magazine's coverage was Harlem, though it also featured Philadelphia and Atlantic City sections, and carried regional columns for readers in New Jersey, upstate New York, the Midwest, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic states.

Call Number

Sc Photo Inter-state Tattler

OCLC

NYPG96-F74

Title

The Inter-state Tattler photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[19--?-193-?]

Description

65 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box)

19 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 31 cm. and smaller.

8 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 35 x 28 cm. and smaller.

9 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ; 21 x 16 cm. and smaller.

10 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w, some hand-col. ; 18 x 13 cm. and smaller.

7 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 14 x 9 cm. and smaller.

12 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 9 x 6 cm. and smaller.

Summary

The Inter-state Tattler Photograph Collection depicts individuals and groups who either appeared in or were affiliated with the magazine, and consists of images from the collection of Managing Editor Bennie Butler. The collection consists of studio portraits and group portraits, many of which are inscribed or autographed to Butler. Included are African American socialites, community leaders, entertainers, and vaudville performers. Notable among the individuals depicted are attorney Hubert T. Delany, Judge James S. Watson, and entertainer Bill Robinson attending a Tattler function, and individual portraits of Ethel Waters, dancer Johnny Hudgins, and entertainer Edith Spencer.

The collection includes group portraits of Tattler staff, beauty contestants, and guests attending beauty contests sponsored by the Tattler; portraits of the Tattler Girls Athletic Club basketball team; portraits and photographic postcards of Bennie Butler as a young man in the Navy and in a series of images used for a photomontage entitled "the Butler Folder"; a portrait of an unidentified theatrical couple; a group portrait of the New York State Delegation to the 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; and a portrait of an unidentified jazz band, signed by S. Kinny.

The largest group of images in the collection consists of portraits of young women, many of whom appear to be either actresses or entertainers. This includes a number of close-up and full-length portraits, photographic postcards, publicity photographs, small framed pictures, some hand-colored images, and a group of erotic portraits. Most of the images have been autographed by the subject and some were published in the Tattler.

Terms Of Use

Some photographs restricted; permission of copyright holder required for reproduction.

Biography

The Inter-state Tattler was a weekly African American magazine that was started in 1925 as a continuation of the New York Tattler. The Tattler office was located at 2305 Seventh Avenue, in Harlem, with A.A. Jackson, Jr. as Editor, and Bennie Butler as Managing Editor and Theatrical and Sports Editor.

The Tattler was a mixture of society news and gossip, personality profiles, theatrical and nightclub news, sports, editorials, and advice columns. It often combined sensational headlines, local gossip, and cheesecake pictures of showgirls with the more mundane articles and photos of society people, entertainers, and social functions. Much of the magazine's coverage was Harlem, though it also featured Philadelphia and Atlantic City sections, and carried regional columns for readers in New Jersey, upstate New York, the Midwest, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic states.

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Added Author

Davis, Joe. Photographer

Elcha, Eddie. Photographer

Poole, Paul. Photographer

Scurlock, Addison. Photographer

Aldene

Blooms Studio (Philadelphia, Penn.)

Campbell's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Poole Studio (Atlanta, Ga.)

Vithana Studio.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Inter-state Tattler