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New-York Historical Society Collection of Photographic Slides Collection

Call Number

PR 278

Date

1960-1979, inclusive

Creator

New-York Historical Society

Extent

0.2 Linear feet 1 box

Language of Materials

The documents in the collection are primarily photographic but any text is in English.

Abstract

This collection is a format-based collection for small accessions of slides. It includes photographic slides of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s taken by amateur photographers Herbert Sendecki and Ray H. Billings.

Arrangement

The slides are arranged by photographer.

Scope and Contents

This is a format-based collection for small accessions of slides. The collection consists of photographic slides taken by amateur photographers Herbert Sendecki and Ray H. Billings. The slides span the period from 1960 to 1979 and have been organized by photographer.

Sendecki Slides includes all of the photographic slides taken by Herbert Sendecki, which depict various New York City neighborhoods, street scenes, and buildings in 1963 and 1964.

Billings Slides includes interior shots of a New York City police department radio room from 1972, views of the 1964 World's Fair and other New York City sites, and views of Lake George and other unidentified locations outside New York City.

Access Restrictions

For more information on making arrangements to consult the collection, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Use Restrictions

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.

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. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as: New-York Historical Society Collection of Photographic Slides, PR 278, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, New-York Historical Society.

Provenance

Gift of Herbert Sendecki, 2008; gift of Raynette Billings Noles, 2009.

Separated Materials

A set of 686 slides by amateur photographer Ben Kabakow was removed from PR 278 and into its own collection, PR 413 Ben Kabakow Photographic Slides, in April 2020.

Accruals

This is a format-based collection for small accessions of slides; the collection is open for additional small accessions as they come in.

Collection processed by

Susan Kriete; revised by Marybeth Kavanagh in April 2020.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:47:58 -0400.
Language: Description is in English

Repository

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