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Actress Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono Leontyne Price, possibly at the time of Price's appearance as Bess in the opera "Porgy and Bess," circa 1953

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Title
Actress Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono Leontyne Price, possibly at the time of Price's appearance as Bess in the opera "Porgy and Bess," circa 1953
Collection

Hilda Simms photograph collection

Professional activities, 1940s-1950s

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1953 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Hilda Simms Collection
Topics
Simms, Hilda, 1918-1994
Price, Leontyne
African American women singers
African American actresses
African Americans in the performing arts
Genres
Photographs
Portrait photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 13 x 18 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15860737
Photo Order: 52488
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0cc7a1b0-98e2-0131-b0c6-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1953: Created
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Actress Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono Leontyne Price, possibly at the time of Price's appearance as Bess in the opera "Porgy and Bess," circa 1953" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1953. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63be4580-a7cb-0131-912f-58d385a7b928

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Actress Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono Leontyne Price, possibly at the time of Price's appearance as Bess in the opera "Porgy and Bess," circa 1953" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63be4580-a7cb-0131-912f-58d385a7b928

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1953). Actress Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono Leontyne Price, possibly at the time of Price's appearance as Bess in the opera "Porgy and Bess," circa 1953 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63be4580-a7cb-0131-912f-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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Actress Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono Leontyne Price, possibly at the time of Price's appearance as Bess in the opera "Porgy and Bess," circa 1953