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Subject (Topic)
African American women singers
Publication Place
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Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1957 June 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 99 | Folder 1765
Image Count:
22
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Includes portraits of her dressed as a fortune teller as a homage to her song, "Tell Me Gypsy."
Description:
On verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Miles, Lizzie, 1895-1963
Subject (Topic):
African American women singers and Blues (Music)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miles, Lizzie
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1951 May 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2087
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Alternative Title:
One Stand at Morningside Park.
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers, African American political activists, and African American women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Morningside Park, crowd and speakers' stand
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1951 May 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2088
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Alternative Title:
Josephine Baker Day 18
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers, African American political activists, and African American women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Morningside Park, crowd and speakers' stand
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1939 May 8
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2060
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Copy of a New York Times ad taken out by Van Vechten, Tallulah Bankhead, Burgess Meredith, et al., in response to a negative review by critic Brooks Atkinson of Ethel Waters' performance in Mamba's Daughters. and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechte
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1983 and Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American entertainers, African American women jazz singers, African American women singers, Blues (Music), and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New York City. Manhattan. Broadway Avenue. Broadside outside the Empire Theatre for Mamba's Daughters, play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1938 December 26
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2061
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses, African American entertainers, African American women jazz singers, African American women singers, B, Bill-posting, Blues (Music), and Harlem Renaissance
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New York City. Manhattan. Broadway Avenue. Cast list outside the Empire Theatre Mamba's Daughters, play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1951 May 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2089
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Alternative Title:
Josephine Baker with Mayor Impellitteri at the Park Palace Ballroom.
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975. and Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers, African American political activists, African American women singers, Lawyers, and Mayors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Park Palace Ballroom, cocktail dansante
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1951 May 20
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2090
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Alternative Title:
Josephine Baker Day 26
Description:
Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 101 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers, African American political activists, and African American women singers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Park Palace Ballroom, cocktail dansante. Major, Gerri, and Lindsay H. White
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1963 April 22
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 100 | Folder 1790
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Louise
Subject (Topic):
African American women singers and African Americans in the performing arts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Parker, Louise
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1951 December 11
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1825
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Includes images of Price with a Saralee doll. Source negatives misidentified on the versos of five prints.
Description:
On verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Price, Leontyne
Subject (Topic):
African American women singers, African Americans in the performing arts, and Sopranos (Singers), United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Price, Leontyne
Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1953 May 19
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 101 | Folder 1826
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Includes images of Price singing "La Voyante (The Fortune-Teller)" by Henri Sauguet.
Description:
On verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Price, Leontyne
Subject (Topic):
African American women singers and African Americans in the performing arts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Price, Leontyne
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