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Title:

Cafe Society photographs: Beat poets and North Beach, San Francisco

Creator/Contributor:

Nowinski, Ira., creator

Abstract:

Portraits of poets and others associated with San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Michael McClure, Jack Hirschman, Richard Brautigan, Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline, Harold Norse, Imamu Amiria Baraka, and Ruth Weiss. Also includes photographs of various cafes and other North Beach establishments, as well as portraits of other San Francisco poets and artists.

Date:

1973-1999 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Coffeehouses -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Poets, American -- California -- San Francisco -- 20th century -- Portraits
Beats (Persons) -- Pictorial works
Cafés -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Poètes américains -- Californie -- San Francisco -- 20e siècle -- Portraits
Beatniks -- Ouvrages illustrés
Beats (Persons)
Coffeehouses
Poets, American
North Beach (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- North Beach
City Lights Books -- Pictorial works
City Lights Books
Ginsberg, Allen -- 1926-1997 -- Portraits
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence -- Portraits
Corso, Gregory -- Portraits
McClure, Michael -- Portraits
Brautigan, Richard -- Portraits
Kaufman, Bob -- Portraits
Hirschman, Jack -- 1933-2021 -- Portraits
Micheline, Jack -- 1929-1998 -- Portraits
Norse, Harold -- Portraits
Weiss, Ruth -- 1928-2020 -- Portraits
Baraka, Amiri -- 1934-2014 -- Portraits
Burroughs, William S -- 1914-1997 -- Portraits
Baraka, Amiri -- 1934-2014
Brautigan, Richard
Burroughs, William S -- 1914-1997
Corso, Gregory
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Ginsberg, Allen -- 1926-1997
Hirschman, Jack -- 1933-2021
Kaufman, Bob
McClure, Michael
Micheline, Jack -- 1929-1998
Norse, Harold
Weiss, Ruth -- 1928-2020

Note:

photographed by Ira Nowinski.
Prints signed, dated and/or captioned on versos by photographer.
Title supplied by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Copyright retained by photographer: Contact photographer or his heirs for reproductions.
Related collection: Ira Nowinski photograph books of San Francisco and Baja California (BANC PIC 2005.192).
Item list available.

Type:

graphic
Photographs
Pictorial works
Portraits

Physical Description:

photoprint
52 photographs in 1 box and 7 oversize folders : 51 x 41 cm or smaller.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. Copyright retained by photographer: Contact photographer or his heirs for reproductions.