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Additional authors

1. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
2. Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896

Description

1. 1 box (28 items) : b&w; 3 x 5 in or smaller

Summary

1. Contains twenty-five black and white and sepia photographic postcards and three black and white gelatin silver prints; most images created by Carl Van Vechten. Thirteen of the postcards were mailed by Van Vechten to Donald Angus between 1939 and 1959. Twenty-one of the postcards contain brief notes on the verso to Angus on a variety of topics. Some postcards are signed "Carlo" and others with the initial "C." The remaining three photographic prints are assumed to be gifts to Angus from Van Vechten.
2. Subjects include renowned performers and figures in the visual and performing arts and literary world. Identified personalities are: Judith Anderson, Donald Angus (performing at the Stage Door Canteen), Josephine Baker, Sarah Bernhardt, Jean Cocteau, Alice Delysia, Isak Dineson, Lotta Faust, Della Fox, Juanita Hall, Avery Hopwood, Henri Matisse, Rose McClendon, Mistinguett, Lucy Monroe (performing at the Stage Door Canteen), Bill Robinson, Gertrude Stein (sculpture by Jo Davidson), Jessica Tandy, Valentine Tessier, Alice B. Toklas, Carl Van Vechten, and Anna May Wong.

Subject

1. Stage door canteen (New York, N.Y.)
2. Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 > Portraits
3. Hall, Juanita, 1901-1968 > Portraits
4. Toklas, Alice B > Portraits
5. Tessier, Valentine, 1892-1981 > Portraits
6. Photographs
7. Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 > Portraits
8. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 > Portraits
9. McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936 > Portraits
10. Faust, Lotta > Portraits
11. Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962 > Portraits
12. Tandy, Jessica > Portraits
13. Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 > Portraits
14. Mistinguett, 1875-1956 > Portraits
15. Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 > Portraits
16. Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949 > Portraits
17. Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 > Portraits
18. Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 > Portraits
19. Fox, Della > Portraits
20. Delysia, Alice, 1889-1979 > Portraits
21. Hopwood, Avery, 1882-1928 > Portraits
22. Anderson, Judith, Dame, 1897-1992 > Portraits
23. Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 > Portraits
24. Monroe, Lucy (Singer) > Portraits

Genre/Form

1. Photographs.

Call number

1. *T-Vim 2016-025

Source (note)

1. Donald Angus;

Author

1. Angus, Donald, circa 1902-

Title

1. Donald Angus collection of Carl Van Vechten postcards and photographs, circa 1890s-1959.

Biography

1. Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was an author, critic and photographer who photographed many of the leading cultural figures of his time. Donald Angus (born in New York City, circa 1902) was an interior decorator in New York City and was in a long-standing relationship with Van Vechten.

Source

1. Donor; Donald Angus; no date.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer
2. Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896, photographer

Research call number

1. *T-Vim 2016-025