Samuel Kravitt photographs and other materials, 1930s-1960s (inclusive).

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Samuel Kravitt photographs and other materials, 1930s-1960s (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702188510

The materials comprise photographs; a photographic negative collection documenting life at Yale during World War II; exhibit files, and biographical information documenting the work of Samuel Kravitt as photographer.

6.25 linear feet (13 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8026476

Yale University Library

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Kravitt, Samuel, 1913-2000

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Samuel Kravitt, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1913. He left high school in 1929, intending to become a pilot. After borrowing a World War I aerial camera, however, he decided on a career in photography. From 1930 to 1931, he served as apprentice to Joseph Stone, a local portrait photographer. In 1932, Kravitt opened his first studio at age 19 in downtown New Haven. In the early 1930s, he was commissioned to document the lifestyle of the Shaker community in Hancock, Massachusetts. He sub...