S. S. Van Dine photograph collection [manuscript], f1920-1940.

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S. S. Van Dine photograph collection [manuscript], f1920-1940.

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Photographs assembled by John Loughery while researching his biography of Willard Huntington Wright, entitled "Alias S. S. Van Dine." The collection includes scenes from S. S. Van Dine - Philo Vance movies; photographs of Van Dine, his wife, and dogs; photographs of his brother's artwork; and photographs of drawings and caricatures of him by Thomas Hart Benton, James Montgomery Flagg and Langdon Smith together with some miscellaneous items.

97 photos. : b&w.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Loughery, John

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American author. From the description of S. S. Van Dine photograph collection [manuscript], f1920-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833479 ...

Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960

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James Montgomery Flagg (b. June 18, 1877, Pelham Manor, N.Y.-d. May 27, 1960, New York City), American artist and illustrator, worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning. He is best remembered for political posters, such as the Uncle Sam recruitment poster. From the description of Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10568600 American artist and illustrator. From the description of Sketch ...

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973

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American artist; co-founder of the Synchromism movement. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Santa Monica], to Morgan Russell, 1929 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606816 Painter; Los Angeles, California. From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81393723 "Noted American painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright ... was hired to p...

Wright, Claire De Lisle

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Van Dine, S. S. 1888-1939

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The majority of this correspondence is written under the name Willard H. Wright, which is S. S. Van Dine's real name. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1912-1916. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155895028 Educated in California and at Harvard, Willard Huntington Wright became editor of THE SMART SET (1913-1914). After suffering a serious illness in 1925, he turned to writing detective novels under the pseudonym of "S. S. ...

Smith, Langdon, 1858-1908

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City f...