Bonnie Clark collection

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Names: Clark, Bonnie (Collector)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1910 - 1959 (Questionable)
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Bonnie Clark Collection
Topics: Blackface entertainers; African American entertainers; Female impersonators
Genres: Photographs
Notes: Content: The Bonnie Clark Collection consists mainly of studio portraits of African-American entertainers and publicity photographs of all-black productions (ca. 1910s to 1930s) collected by entertainer and female impersonator Bonnie Clark. The collection contains seven images of Clark, all depicting him costumed as a female impersonator. All the productions and most of the entertainers are unidentified.; Content: Collection includes work by Elcha, Bell Studio, Scurlock Studio, Woodard Studio and others.; Content: Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp on verso; some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's blind stamp on recto. Some items are signed or printed in the negative. Some images have handwritten notations on recto or verso; two photographs have captions printed on recto; one item has a handwritten caption on recto. Some photographs are inscribed or autographed. Two items are matted. Some photographs are mounted on a black scrapbook page; some of these images are cropped.
Physical Description: Extent: 38 items (.3 lin. ft., 1 box)
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPG99-F945; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14362187; Barcode: 33433077459620; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6d3affb0-c616-012f-7665-58d385a7bc34