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Photographic portraits depicting smoking

Title: Photographic portraits depicting smoking [graphic]
Publication: [187-?-195-?]

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Genre/Form

Albumen prints.
Cabinet photographs.
Imperial card photographs.
Group portraits.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Publicity photographs.
Silver gelatin prints.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Alfred S. Campbell Art Co., Harris & Ewing, Pach Brothers, and others.
Photographs include cabinet cards, publicity stills and news photographs. Many of the photographs have been retouched for publication.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Call Number

Arents Photographs 97-76

OCLC

NYPG97-F50

Title

Photographic portraits depicting smoking [graphic]

Imprint

[187-?-195-?]

Description

171 photographic prints : silver gelatin; 28 x 35 cm. or smaller.

4 photographic prints : albumen ; 30 x 17 cm. or smaller, on mounts 32 x 19 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Actors, authors, artists, boxers, composers, directors, editors, horse racing officials, government officials, jockeys, musicians, opera singers, politicians, producers, socialites and other celebrities, many photographed while attending horse races, dining out, or on ships. Some actors and singers depicted in their roles on stage and screen, including one actor portraying Mark Twain. In nearly every image at least one individual is smoking, and in one a person is taking snuff. Individuals depicted include Irving Berlin, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Andy Clyde, Anthony W. Coldeway, James J. Corbett, Jo Davidson, William Du Pont, Julien Duvivier, King Edward VII, Leon Errol, James Montgomery Flagg, James Forbes, Crosby Gaige, William Gargan, Bernard Gimbel, Montague Glass, James Gleason, Jascha Haifetz, Jack Holt, Cordell Hull, Rex Ingram, Thomas E. Jackson, Will James, Emil Jannings, Sir Harry Lauder, Percy Marmont, Andrew W. Mellon, Richard K. Mellon, Benito Mussolini, Joe Penner, Channing Pollock, Philip E. Rosen, Hans von Schiller, Artur Schnabel, E.W. Scripps, Roger Sessions, Jouett Shouse, James Simpson, Nikolai Sokolof, Harry L. Straus, Herbert B. Swope, Eugene Talmadge, Ernest Torrence, Betsy Whitney, and Joseph Widener.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

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Added Author

Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896. Photographer

Alfred S. Campbell Art Co. Photographer

Harris & Ewing. Photographer

Vandamm. Photographer

Research Call Number

Arents Photographs 97-76

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