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Guide to the Photographer File
circa 1882-2017, undated
 PR 50

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
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New-York Historical Society

Collection processed by Jennifer Lewis, Marybeth Kavanagh, and others

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on May 10, 2023
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Container List

Wright, Paula

Container 1     Title Date
Box: 4 14 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in. and smaller. Portraits of children, pets, Albert Einstein (1946), and a self portrait. Other photographs include cows moving across the Hungarian countryside, Mexican men gathered on a stoop, and elderly farmer and his wife in the Adirondack Mountains. All are signed or initialed.
1940-1969
Box: 6 2 gelatin silver prints, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., mounted, of New York street life. One portrays children playing street games in Harlem; the other portrays a barefoot man sleeping on a bench, covered with a newspaper with World War II headlines. Both are signed and dated by the photographer.
1944
Box: 2 15 color slides, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in., of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair including lights, people, structures and fountains.
1964-1965

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