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Publicity photograph of Helen Morgan sitting on a piano for the stage production Show Boat

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Image ID

58690574


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

Negatives

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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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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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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