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Bettie Esther Parham portrait collection

Title
  1. Bettie Esther Parham portrait collection [graphic].
Published by
  1. <1940?-1959?>

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Additional authors
  1. Hawkins, Del I.
  2. Campbell, James C.
  3. Nichols, -1991.
  4. Calvin's News Service (New York, N.Y.)
  5. Roberts Photo Studio (Yonkers, N.Y.)
Description
  1. <9> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. Portraits of beautician and businesswoman Esther Parham. Includes views of Parham standing with friends in front of her beauty salon, modeling hairstyles, attending a shower in her honor, on her wedding day, feeding chickens, and giving a party at her home. There are also views of her house, with interior shots of a decorated fireplace, a stove piled with canned goods, and Parham displaying her freezer. Other individuals pictured with Parham are Rose Morgan and Bessie Buchanan. Full, half and quarter length portraits are included.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. Parham, Bettie Esther
  2. Morgan, Rose, 1912?-2008
  3. Group portraits > 1940-1959
  4. Eating & drinking > New York > 1950-1959
  5. Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1959
  6. Portrait photographs > 1940-1959
  7. African American beauty operators
  8. Buchanan, Bessie
  9. Hairdressing of African Americans
  10. African American businesspeople
  11. African Americans > Social life and customs > 1950-1959
  12. Parham, Bettie Esther > Homes and haunts > 1940-1959
  13. Businesswomen > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Group portraits – 1940-1959.
  2. Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
  3. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1959.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Parham, Bettie Esther
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
  2. Photographers include James Campbell, Nichols, David Hawkins and others.
  3. Some photographs are cropped; some have airbrush marks; some photographs bear captions.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Title
  1. Bettie Esther Parham portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
  1. <1940?-1959?>
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
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Added author
  1. Hawkins, Del I. Photographer
  2. Campbell, James C. Photographer
  3. Nichols, -1991. Photographer
  4. Calvin's News Service (New York, N.Y.)
  5. Roberts Photo Studio (Yonkers, N.Y.)
Research call number
  1. Sc Photo Parham, Bettie Esther
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