Papers, 1936-1978.

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Papers, 1936-1978.

Portfolio contains technical notes on 21 photographs; an inventory of folios; a statement on photography for Briadcliff College; and counts of works by type or group and size. Also included are clippings and catalogs of exhibitions at the Lerner-Heller Gallery (1974), Briarcliff College (n.d.), The Brooklyn Museum (1977), Wave Hill (1977), the Village Gallery, Croton-on-Hudson (n.d.), and The Museum of Modern Art (1948, 1956, and 1958); clippings from publications that included Kanaga photographs; and obituaries.

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Brooklyn Museum

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The origins of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences extend back to 1823, with the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library. The Library, located at the corner of Cranberry and Henry Streets in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, was established for the education and cultural enrichment of young tradesmen. In 1841, the Library relocated to the building of the Brooklyn Lyceum, an organization devoted to intellectual pursuits in the arts and sciences, at the corner of Washington and C...

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978

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Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) is considered a pioneer in social photography. She began her career as a journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle, learned photography and joined the California Camera Club, which became the renowned group f/64. After moving to New York, she worked at the New York American and as a free lance photographer. She was married to artist Wallace Putnam and lived in Yorktown Heights, Westchester, New York. From the description of Papers, 1936-1978. (Brooklyn Mus...