Clarence Jack Konheim Photograph Collection
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Abstract
Clarence Jack Konheim (1902-1968) was an amateur photographer and member of the Tudor City Camera Club. This collection contains 36 black and white photographs of New York City between the 1930's and 1960's. Subjects include Easter Sunday in Harlem, an elderly couple sunning themselves in winter in Coney Island, a window washer, an urban baseball game, and fishing from a pier.
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains 64 black and white photographs of New York City scenes between the 1930's and 1960's. The photographs were taken by amateur photographer Clarence Jack Konheim (1902-1968). According to a 1953 Yale alumni publication, Konheim lived at 321 East 43rd Street and worked for the Grayson Whitney Corp. Several of the photographs bear stickers from the Metropolitan Camera Club and Tudor City Camera Club. Images are described in the container list below.
Access Restrictions
Available by advance appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org. Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)
Use Restrictions
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to:
Department of Rights and Reproductions
The New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194
rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org
212-485-9228
The copyright law of the United States governs the making of photocopies and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials. Unpublished materials created before January 1, 1978 cannot be quoted in publication without permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation Note
This collection should be cited as: Clarence Jack Konheim Photograph Collection, PR 315, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
Provenance
Gift of Linda Konheim Kramer, 2015