Research Catalog
Recreation
- Title
- Recreation [graphic].
- Publication
- [194-?]-[197-?]
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Picture | Use in library | Sc Photo Recreation | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- 48 items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm. and smalller.
- 39 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 3 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ;
- 2 postcards : b&w ;
- 4 dye diffusion transfer prints : col. ; 13 x 9.
- Summary
- Images show the recreational pursuits of African Americans, mostly on the East coast, in the 1940s and 1950s. Photos depict summer camps, beaches, amusement parks, barbecues and picnics, sports, and hobbies. Identified camps are Camp Minisink, Port Jervis, New Jersey; Camp Gaylord White, Arden, New York (1943); Wangum Lodge, Weathersfield, Connecticut; and Hillmans Summer Camp, Washington D.C. Sunbathers are shown at Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York (1952) and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hobbies show doll collecting, model railroads, and quilting. Sports captured are ball playing, cycling and swimming. Of note is a series of shots showing groups enjoying Rye Playland amusement park, Rye, New York (1948). Images of children involved in recreational activities can be found in Children.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1979.
- Dye diffusion transfer prints – 1940-1979.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Some items have photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp or handwritten identification on verso. Many photographs bear notations on verso; some items have cropping marks.
- Photographers include Nichols, Dummett and others.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Recreation
- OCLC
- NYPG04-F114
- Title
- Recreation [graphic].
- Imprint
- [194-?]-[197-?]
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Nichols, -1991. PhotographerDummett. Photographer
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Recreation