Andy Warhol collection of photographs of actors, 1915-1967.

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Andy Warhol collection of photographs of actors, 1915-1967.

222 photographs collected by Warhol of American stage and screen actors and actresses, including Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Lillian Gish, Norma Talmadge, Lana Turner and many others. Some are portrait photographs; others depict the actor in movie or theatrical scenes. There are also many photographs of unidentified subjects. Photographers include James Abbe, Robert W. Coburn, Ruth Harriet Louise, William J. Walling, White Studio, and Dorothy Wilding.

2 boxes (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8228041

Houghton Library

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Alvin S. White Studio.

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Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987

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Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American artist and film maker. From the description of Andy Warhol collection of photographs of actors, 1915-1967. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79392132 Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. He studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1949. After graduation, Warhol went to New York where he worked as an illustrator for magazines such as Vogue and Harpar's Bazaa...

Talmadge, Norma, 1894-1957

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Coburn, Robert W.,

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Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990

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Louise, Ruth Harriet, 1903-1940

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Turner, Lana, 1921-1995

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Lana Turner, actress. From the description of Lana Turner scrapbooks, 1939-1956, microform. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122598227 From the guide to the Lana Turner scrapbooks, [microform.], 1939-1956, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) ...

Abbe, James Edward, 1883-1973

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B. in Alfred, Maine on July 17, 1983;d. Nov. 11, 1973. From the description of James Edward Abbe : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 437261423 B. 1883, d. 1973. From the description of James Edward Abbe artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228431982 ...

Wilding, Dorothy, 1893-1976

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Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939

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Walling, William J.,

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Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993

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Actress, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742647 Actress. From the description of Papers of Lillian Gish, 1920-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130921 Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1980's. From the description of Papers, 1919-1997. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 392...