Milton Halberstadt papers and photographs, 1936-2000.

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Milton Halberstadt papers and photographs, 1936-2000.

The Milton Halberstadt Collection consists of approximately 4500 negatives, slides transparencies, fine prints and photographs as well as office records, business and personal correspondence to friends and other artists. Milton Halberstadt was a food advertising and fine photographer. The collection consists of images made for his advertising studio and his own black and white fine art. Several of his fine art prints are included in the collection. He shot in black and white, with investigations into photograms, negative images, solarization, tone line and multiple exposures. Some of his most famous photographs are included in the collection. Also included in the collection are his photographs from a published book, "Minerals, Nature's Fabulous Jewels," by Arthur Court and Ian Campbell and the negatives to the 1968, "Register and Vote" postage stamp, photographed by Milton Halberstadt, graphics by Norman Todd-Hunter, and typeface by Bill Hyde. It is a United States Postal Service stamp. It also includes art by other artist as well, including an original cartoon by Jack Keeler.

50 linear ft.

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Halberstadt, Milton

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Milton Halberstadt (1919-2000) had an illustrious career in fine art and commercial photography that spanned seven decades and left a body of work covering genres from abstract art to commercial photography. Milton Halberstadt, better known as Hal, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He began his career as a photographer there in 1936. He worked for Creative Photographers (1936-1937), Bachrach's (1938-1939) and Garfield & Newcomb Studio gaining extensive technical expertise. At one point duri...