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Guide to the Bill Cunningham Collection
1957-2017
 MS 3137

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Descriptive Summary

Creator: Cunningham, William J.
Title: Bill Cunningham collection
Dates [inclusive]: circa 1957-2017
Abstract: The collection includes various items related to the fashion designer and photographer Bill Cunningham (1929-2016), especially in connection with his friendship with artist Roberta Wolfe-Baer (1925-2016). The collection includes Cunningham's notes to Wolfe-Baer, photographs of Wolfe-Baer wearing an orange feather hat of Cunningham's design, newspaper clippings and tearsheets with articles by or about Cunningham, a "William J." business card, and other items.
Quantity: 2.21 Linear feet in one document box and one oversize folder
Call Phrase: MS 3137