Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Burley, Alvin J.
2. West, George M.
3. Layne, Cecil.
4. Kriegsmann, James J.
5. Benners, Aubrey s.
6. Wide World Photos.
7. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
8. United Press International.
9. NBC Television Network.
10. Trans World Airlines.

Description

1. <1> photoprint : col.; 18 x 13 cm.

Summary

1. Portraits of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. ranging from the 1940s to the 1980s. Collection includes promotional stills of Davis and one film still with Dorothy Dandridge from "Porgy and Bess." Davis is seen singing alone and with Trini Lopez, Waylon Jennings, Tom Jones and dancing with Eddie Cantor. Other images show Davis returning from a vacation in Europe, and, on a separate occassion, arriving with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford and a TWA stewardess. Also included are views of Davis campaigning with Richard Nixon and Bobby Kennedy. Davis is seen at various functions with James Egert Allen, Britt Ekland and Hal Jackson, receiving an award from the Negro Actors Guild with Will Mastin and Howard Robinson, and talking with Stanley Siegel on "The Stanley Siegel Show." Also included is a still from the television series "Ben Casey" depicting Davis with Isabel Cooley (1963). There is also one portrait of Altovise Gore, Davis' wife. Quarter, half and full-length views are included.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Alternative title

1. Ben Casey.

Subject

1. Motion picture stills > 1950-1959
2. Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984
3. Rewards & prizes
4. Arrivals & departures
5. Jennings, Waylon
6. Group portraits > 1940-1989
7. African American singers
8. Photomechanical prints
9. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
10. Political campaigns > United States
11. Lopez, Trini
12. Mastin, Will
13. Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1989
14. Siegel, Stanley
15. Dandridge, Dorothy, 1924-1965
16. Singing
17. Nixon, Richard M (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
18. Allen, James E (James Egert)
19. Gore, Altovise
20. Ekland, Britt, 1942-
21. Robinson, Howard
22. Jones, Tom, 1940-
23. Publicity photographs > 1950-1979
24. Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
25. Jackson, Hal
26. Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964
27. Portrait photographs > 1940-1989
28. African American entertainers
29. Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998

Genre/Form

1. Motion picture stills – 1950-1959.
2. Group portraits – 1940-1989.
3. Portrait photographs – 1940-1989.
4. Publicity photographs – 1950-1979.
5. Photomechanical prints.
6. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Davis, Sammy Jr.

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Photographs have captions; some photographs have written descriptive information; some photographs have airbrush marks; some are duplicates.
3. Photographers include Cecil Layne, Alvin J. Burley, James J. Krregsmann and others.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Title

1. Sammy Davis Jr. portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <1945?-1989?>

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local note

1. Negatives exist for some images.

Connect to:

1. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Burley, Alvin J. Photographer
2. West, George M. Photographer
3. Layne, Cecil. Photographer
4. Kriegsmann, James J. Photographer
5. Benners, Aubrey s. Photographer
6. Wide World Photos.
7. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
8. United Press International.
9. NBC Television Network.
10. Trans World Airlines.

Added title

1. Ben Casey.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Davis, Sammy Jr.