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[Francis Arthur Gravins photograph collection of African American life in the San Francisco Bay Area].
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Title:
[Francis Arthur Gravins photograph collection of African American life in the San Francisco Bay Area]Creator/Contributor:
Gravins, Francis Arthur, creator, collector.Creator/Contributor:
Joseph, E. F. (Emmanuel Francis), 1900 or 1901-1979, photographer.Creator/Contributor:
Cox, Harry L., photographer.Abstract:
Chiefly snapshots documenting the leisure activities of Francis Arthur Gravins in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-20th
Century, in particular many formal and informal African American social events, as well as gatherings with friends and family
members. Also includes studio portraits and professional group portraits taken at a few formal events. Gravins is depicted
throughout the collection. Includes commercial photographs of tap dancer Eddie Rector, and singer and female impersonator
Elton Paris.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAfrican Americans -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
African American families -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
African Americans -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
Noirs américains -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Photographies
Familles noires américaines -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Photographies
Noirs américains -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Photographies
African American families
African Americans
African Americans -- Social life and customs
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Gravins, Francis Arthur -- Archives
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Francis Arthur Gravins.
Includes a small number of commercial photographs by prominent Bay Area African American photographers E.F. Joseph (Oakland)
and Harry L. Cox (San Francisco).
Some prints annotated by hand with descriptive captions.
Purchase from Langdon Manor Books, LLC ; 2023.
Francis Arthur Gravins photograph collection of African American life in the San Francisco Bay Area, BANC PIC 2023.073, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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graphicArchives
Photographs
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 185 photographs in 1 box : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; sheets various sizes.
Language:
English