Gwendolyn Bennett photograph collection

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Description: Photographs, the majority of which are snapshots, documenting mainly private aspects of Gwendolyn Bennett's life with an emphasis on Bennett's youth, later years, and period in Paris (1925-26). Included are images of Bennett as a child, her parents, views of Paris and friends, private parties, her husband Richard Crosscup's retirement party, interior and exterior views of their Kutztown, Pa. home and some of their possessions, and Bennett gardening.
Names: Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 (Collector)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1900 - 1975 (Questionable)
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Gwendolyn Bennett Collection
Topics: Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981; African American women poets; African American women artists; Women political activists -- United States
Genres: Photographs
Notes: Biographical/historical: Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist and political activist, 1902-1981.; Citation/reference: Sc MG 77; Content: Some photographs are cropped.; Content: Title taken from the Gwendolyn Bennett Papers, 1916-1981.; Biographical/historical: Harlem Renaissance poet, artist, journalist, political activist and, in later years, antiques dealer, 1902-1981.
Physical Description: Extent: 3 slides : col. ; 5 x 5 cm. 138 photoprints : silver gelatin, b ; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller. 54 photoprints : col. ; 18 x 13 cm. or smaller.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527494; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ecfa490-c605-012f-1c9d-58d385a7bc34

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