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Title

  • American scenes

Summary

  • Sites and scenes in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. Primarily Massachusetts and Maine, including landscapes, seascapes, wharves, beaches, barns, dwellings, sculpture, and antique shops and yard ornaments; windmill, haying, and architectural elements in Massachusetts. Also includes New York City skylines, cityscapes, monuments, ironwork, and scene overlooking backyards with clotheslines. Portrait of a boy and one of a man in New Mexico pueblos. One image of boys sitting on street curb and one of man crouched in bar doorway. Yale University stadium; passageway with columns at University of Virginia. Barns, details and full views of sculpture and fountains in various locales.

Names

  • Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer

Created / Published

  • 1932-1956.

Headings

  • -  Beaches--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Beaches--Maine--1930-1960
  • -  Barns--United States--1930-1960
  • -  Dwellings--United States--1930-1960
  • -  Sculpture--United States--1930-1960
  • -  Fountains--United States--1930-1960
  • -  Piers & wharves--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Piers & wharves--Maine--1930-1960
  • -  Antique dealers--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Antique dealers--Maine--1930-1960
  • -  Windmills--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Harvesting--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Architectural elements--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Monuments & memorials--New York (State)--New York--1930-1960
  • -  Ironwork--New York (State)--New York--1930-1960
  • -  Clotheslines--New York (State)--New York--1930-1960
  • -  Yard ornaments--Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Pueblos--New Mexico--1930-1960
  • -  Stadiums--Connecticut--New Haven--1930-1960
  • -  Passageways--Virginia--Charlottesville--1930-1960
  • -  Maine--1930-1960
  • -  Massachusetts--1930-1960
  • -  Connecticut--1930-1960
  • -  New Jersey--1930-1960
  • -  New York (State)--1930-1940
  • -  New York (N.Y.)--1930-1960
  • -  New Mexico--1930-1960
  • -  Pennsylvania--1930-1960
  • -  Illinois--1930-1960
  • -  Virginia--1930-1960
  • -  Rhode Island--1930-1960

Headings

  • Cityscape photographs--1930-1960.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1930-1960.
  • Landscape photographs--1930-1960.
  • Portrait photographs--1930-1960.
  • Waterscape photographs--1930-1960.

Genre

  • Cityscape photographs--1930-1960
  • Landscape photographs--1930-1960
  • Waterscape photographs--1930-1960
  • Portrait photographs--1930-1960
  • Gelatin silver prints--1930-1960

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Arranged by state; unidentified locales at the end.
  • -  Primarily known as a music and dance critic and novelist, Van Vechten gained a reputation as a theatrical and society photographer, but he also photographed other subjects.
  • -  Finding aid available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room, filed by lot number, and on microfilm of the photos. Includes item listing of photos, with date and Van Vechten number.
  • -  Title devised. Brief captions, including identification of site or subject, date of photo, and Van Vechten number penned or pencilled on versos of most photos. Blind stamp with photographer's name on many photos; photographer's stamp on versos of many.
  • -  Photos probably printed by Van Vechten himself.
  • -  Images and finding aid available on microfilm.
  • -  Gift, Carl Van Vechten estate, 1966.
  • -  Forms part of: Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Medium

  • 85 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 28 x 35 cm. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 12736 (H) USE MICROFILM [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 89715441

Access Advisory

  • Photoprints fragile, use microfilm.

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Van Vechten, Carl, photographer. American Scenes. New Haven Connecticut Virginia Pennsylvania New York City Illinois Charlottesville Rhode Island New York New Jersey New Mexico Maine United States Massachusetts, 1932. to 1956. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/89715441/.

APA citation style:

Van Vechten, C., photographer. (1932) American Scenes. New Haven Connecticut Virginia Pennsylvania New York City Illinois Charlottesville Rhode Island New York New Jersey New Mexico Maine United States Massachusetts, 1932. to 1956. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/89715441/.

MLA citation style:

Van Vechten, Carl, photographer. American Scenes. to 1956. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/89715441/>.