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James and Georganne Garfinkel collection of photography

Call Number

PR 380

Date

1920-1982, inclusive

Creator

Garfinkel, James

Extent

1.5 Linear feet in 2 boxes

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

This collection, assembled and donated by James and Georganne Garfinkel, contains four sets of photographs: 39 cyanotypes of the construction of the Manhattan Bridge (1913-1922); theatrical portraits taken by Nicholas Muray of Muray Studio, N.Y. (1920-1925); portraits of Marilyn Monroe by Andre de Dienes (1949-1953); and photos of celebrities by photojournalist Ken Regan (1977-1982).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by photographer and subject, and organized chronologically.

Scope and Contents

This collection, assembled and donated by James and Georganne Garfinkel, contains four sets of photographs: 39 cyanotypes of the construction of the Manhattan Bridge (1913-1922); 7 theatrical portraits taken by Nicholas Muray of Muray Studio, N.Y. (1920-1925); 10 portraits of Marilyn Monroe by Andre De Dienes (1949-1953); and 10 images by photojournalist Ken Regan (1977-1982).

Conditions Governing Access

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.)

Conditions Governing Use

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 212-485-9282

Permission to reproduce or quote text from this collection in a publication must be requested from and granted in writing by the Library Director, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194.

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as: James and Georganne Garfinkel Collection of Photographs, PR 380, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of James and Georganne Garfinkel, 2013 and 2018.

Collection processed by

Marybeth Kavanagh

About this Guide

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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

Some of this material was originally included in the finding aid for the Michael Sonnenfeldt Collection of Theatre, Film, and Entertainment Photography PR 305, which was processed by project intern Brynn White in 2014. This material was separated into a discrete collection and finding aid in 2019 by processing archivist Marybeth Kavanagh.

Repository

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