Publicity photograph of Helen Morgan sitting on a piano for the stage production Show Boat
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Item data
Title
Publicity photograph of Helen Morgan sitting on a piano for the stage production Show Boat
Collection
White Studio theatrical photographs
Film Negatives
Show Boat
Names
White Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1927
Library Location
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1956-002
Subjects
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat
Theatrical productions
Musicals
Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941
Genres
Photographs
Publicity Photographs
Notes
Biographical/Historical: A commercial photographic studio founded by Luther White in New York City in the 1890s, White Studio was first known for its portraiture before venturing into theatrical photography beginning in 1904.
Reproduction: Digitized negatives have been digitally inverted to positive image.
Physical Description
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16187984
Photographer reference number: 8569
Photo Order: 65119
Photographer reference number: 85698
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 28b4ed10-abb3-013b-0d18-0242ac110002
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MLA format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Publicity photograph of Helen Morgan sitting on a piano for the stage production Show Boat" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1927. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28b4ed10-abb3-013b-0d18-0242ac110002
APA format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1927). Publicity photograph of Helen Morgan sitting on a piano for the stage production Show Boat Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28b4ed10-abb3-013b-0d18-0242ac110002
Chicago/Turabian Format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Publicity photograph of Helen Morgan sitting on a piano for the stage production Show Boat" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28b4ed10-abb3-013b-0d18-0242ac110002
Wikipedia citation
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