Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Found in

1. p1kc Hansen, Austin. Austin Hansen collection (CstRLIN)NYPG95-F8

Description

1. ca. 6609 items (16.8 lin. ft., 42 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The General Subjects series documents the work Hansen was asked to do for various clients, including local businesses, assorted individuals and institutions, and some unidentified organizations.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources Access Project.

Subject

1. Cotillions
2. Group portraits > 1930-1989
3. Parades & processions > New York (State) > New York > 1930-1989
4. Commercial photography > New York (State) > New York
5. African American businesspeople > New York (State) > New York
6. Brucewood Farm
7. Negatives > 1930-1989
8. Apex School of Beauty Culture
9. Poor People's Campaign
10. Beauty contests > New York (State) > New York
11. Police > New York (State) > New York
12. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Societies, etc
13. Housing developments > New York (N.Y.)
14. Parties > New York (N.Y.)
15. African American soldiers > New York (State) > New York
16. Silver gelatin photographic prints > 1930-1989
17. African Americans > Clothing & dress > 1930-1989
18. Photographic prints > 1930-1989
19. New York (N.Y.) > Police Department
20. Legal photographs > 1930-1989
21. Bars > New York (State) > New York
22. Nightclubs > New York (N.Y.)
23. African Americans in the performing arts
24. Brandford Models
25. Demonstrations > New York (State) > New York
26. Cityscape photographs > 1930-1989
27. Sheppard, Carmen
28. Beauty culture > New York (State) > New York
29. African American police > New York (State) > New York
30. Dancers > Children
31. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
32. Portrait photographs > 1930-1989
33. Sports > New York (N.Y.)
34. African American musicians
35. United Mutual Life Insurance Co
36. Fires > New York (N.Y.) > 1930-1989
37. Fashion photographs > 1930-1989
38. Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
39. Webb & Brooker
40. Bruce, Mary E (Mary Elvira), 1910-
41. Choirs (Music)
42. Carver Federal Savings
43. Hospitals > New York (State) > New York
44. Fashion > New York (State) > New York
45. United States > Army > Infantry Regiment, 369th
46. Dancers > New York (State) > New York
47. African American athletes > New York (State) > New York
48. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York
49. Schools > New York (State) > New York
50. Business enterprises > New York (State) > New York
51. Fashion models > New York (N.Y.)
52. Bands (Music) > New York (State) > New York
53. Balls (Parties) > New York (State) > New York
54. Streets > New York (State) > New York
55. African American business enterprises > New York (State) > New York
56. Music education > New York (N.Y.)
57. Photojournalism > New York (N.Y.) > 1930-1989
58. Brandford, Edward
59. Buildings > New York (State) > New York
60. Photographic prints > Color > 1940-1989
61. Panoramic photographs > 1930-1989
62. Hand coloring
63. Housing > New York (N.Y.) > 1930-1989
64. City & town life > New York (N.Y.) > 1930-1989
65. Traffic accidents > New York (State) > New York
66. African American students > New York (State) > New York
67. Funeral rites & ceremonies > New York (N.Y.)
68. Washington Business Institute
69. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Political activity
70. Waith, Eldridge
71. African Americans > Social life and customs
72. King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1930-1989.
2. Group portraits – 1930-1989.
3. Cityscape photographs – 1930-1989.
4. Legal photographs – 1930-1989.
5. Fashion photographs – 1930-1989.
6. Photographic prints – 1930-1989.
7. Silver gelatin photographic prints – 1930-1989.
8. Photographic prints – Color – 1940-1989.
9. Panoramic photographs – 1930-1989.
10. Hand coloring.
11. Negatives – 1930-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Hansen (General)

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Many items have photographer's handstamp on verso; some items have studio blindstamp on recto.
3. Some photographs have descriptive information on verso or recto.
4. Some photographs have cropping marks.
5. Negatives exist for some items.

Terms of use (note)

1. Restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Austin Hansen, known primarily as a Harlem photographer, has had a career in photography that spans nearly seventy years.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid

Author

1. Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996, photographer.

Title

1. General subjects [graphic] / A. Hansen.

Imprint

1. [193-]-1989.

Terms of use

1. Restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Biography

1. Austin Hansen, known primarily as a Harlem photographer, has had a career in photography that spans nearly seventy years. His photographic record documents the people, places, and events primarily in Harlem from the 1930s to the late 1980s.

Indexes

1. Finding aid: folder level control.

Added author

1. A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Found in:

1. p1kc Hansen, Austin. Austin Hansen collection (CstRLIN)NYPG95-F8

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Hansen (General)