New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

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New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

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Title: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Title: NYWT&S collection (Library of Congress)
New York world-telegram.
New York world-telegram and the sun.
Related Names:
125 Barclay Street , donor
Date Created/Published: ca. 1880-1967, bulk 1920-1967.
Medium: ca. 1,000,000 photographic prints : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 8 x 10 in. or smaller, some as large as 20 x 28 in.
Summary: Newsworthy images of the New York city metropolitan area predominate; also covers other United States areas and foreign countries. Emphasis is on personalities in the news, especially actors, artists and literary figures, businessmen, community leaders, criminals, entertainers, government officials, musicians, politicians, religious figures, scholars, socialites, sports figures, and other notable citizens. Also portrays daily life of American men, women and children: playing, working, getting married, giving birth, coping with illness, and dying. Of note are images related to African-Americans and other ethnic groups. Subject coverage includes such categories as animals, cultural institions, disasters, education, events, health, housing, industry, labor, monuments, politics, transportation, and wars. Geographic coverage depicts countries, states, cities, towns, and natural features.
Reproduction Number: ---
Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "New York World-Telegram ...,"(http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html)
Access Advisory: Restriction: This collection is stored off-site. Access requires several days advance notice to retrieve the material requested.
Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: NYWTS) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4840 USA
Notes:
- Arrangement: The 350,000 folder categories are organized into two sections: Biographical (NYWTS - BIOG) and Subject/Geographical (NYWTS - SUBJ/GEOG); Arrangement: The BIOG section includes ca. 750,000 portraits and other images related to specific people, arranged alphabetically by surname. The SUBJ/GEOG section contains ca. 250,000 images arranged alphabetically by topical subject or place name.
- Finding aid (unpublished): Each folder heading is listed in the New York world-telegram & the sun finding aid available in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
- The New York world-telegram was created in 1931 by the merger of the World, the Evening world, and the New York telegram. In 1950, the Sun was added to the World-telegram, and the paper was called the New York world-telegram and the sun. The newspaper ceased publication in 1966. For a short time, the newspaper merged with the New York journal American and the New York herald tribune to form the World journal tribune. In 1967, that paper ceased to exist as well. For most of the period covered in this photo morgue, the newspaper was the New York world-telegram or the New York world-telegram and the sun.
- Collection title devised.
- Most images have captions.
- Images are by NYWTS staff photographers, photographic studios, publicity photographers, amateur and professional photographers, and also procured from wire press services.
- Includes some newspaper clippings, illustrations, paper printing plates, halftone photomechanical prints, and film negatives.
- Most photographic prints are gelatin silver prints; some are prints made from wire transmission.
- Many images have been retouched, cropped, or otherwise marked for publication.
- Microfilm of the newspaper New York world-telegram & the sun is available in the Library of Congress Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room.
- Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980, no. 174
- Gift; 125 Barclay Street, Inc.; 1967.
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Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "New York World-Telegram ...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html
Reproduction Number: ---
Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: NYWTS) [P&P]
Medium: ca. 1,000,000 photographic prints : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 8 x 10 in. or smaller, some as large as 20 x 28 in.

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Call Number: Guide Record (Filing series: NYWTS) [P&P]
Medium: ca. 1,000,000 photographic prints : most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 8 x 10 in. or smaller, some as large as 20 x 28 in.
Access Advisory: Restriction: This collection is stored off-site. Access requires several days advance notice to retrieve the material requested.

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