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Description
Photographs, many snapshots, of Lawrence Brown and his friends and colleagues, most prominently of Paul Robeson and William Lawrence, but many of other musicians and performers as well.Collection includes stills from the play "Stevedore," snapshots of Brown with friends in various locales, portraits and informal views of friends without Brown, images of Robeson and Brown in concert and portraits of his parents. Many portraits are inscribed to Brown.Some of the individuals identified are: Marian Anderson, Samuel and Hiawatha Coleridge-Taylor, Abbie Mitchell, Turner Layton, John Payne, Clarence Muse, Ira Aldridge, Louia Vaughn Jones, Roland Hayes, Joe Louis, Bill Robinson, Olivia de Havilland, Roger Quilter, Leslie Woodgate and Ethel Gardner Dingle.
Names
Brown, Lawrence (Creator)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1890 - 1969 (Questionable)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Lawrence Brown Collection
Topics
Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Lawrence, William, 1895-1981
Brown, Lawrence -- Social life -- 1920-1969
African American composers
Pianists -- United States
African American singers
African American musicians
Singing -- 1930-1959
Concerts -- 1930-1959
African Americans in the performing arts
Musicians -- 1920-1959
Theatrical productions -- 1930-1939
Genres
Snapshots
Group portraits
Postcards
Photographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: Composer, pianist, arranger. Accompanist to Roland Hayes and Paul Robeson.
Citation/reference: Forms part of the Lawrence Brown Papers.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Negatives
Extent: 57 negatives :b&w ;18 x 13 cm. or smaller.
Extent: 1 photoprint :col. ;12 x 9 cm.
Extent: 472 photoprints :silver gelatin, b&w ;35 x 28 cm. or smaller.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG087000317-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527482
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7d02a4c0-df7e-0136-03bf-1bb0706e5c4b
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