Josephine Baker collection, 1925-1975

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Series I: Photographs



Box 1 Folder 1 Portraits, Calder, c. 1927

MOMA Postcard


Box 1 Folder 2 Portraits, Catteau

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 3 Portraits, Denund, 1935

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 4 Portraits, Domergue

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 5 Portraits, Hirschfeld

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 6 Portrraits, Pietri

Stencilled


Box 1 Folder 7 Portraits, Van Dongen, 1925

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 8 Portraits, various

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 9 Photographs, Manuel

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 10 Photographs, Manuel

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 11 Photographs, Manuel

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 12 Photographs, Manuel

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 13 Photographs, Manuel

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 14 Photographs, Nadar

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 15 Photographs, d'Ora

Period Postcard, sent 22 January 1929


Box 1 Folder 16 Photographs, d'Ora

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 17 Photographs, Van Vechten

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 18 Photographs, Walery

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 19 Photographs, early in Banana skirt

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 20 Photographs, early


Box 1 Folder 21 Photographs, early


Box 1 Folder 22 Photographs, with model of elephant

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 23 Photographs, nude with gauze backdrop

Repro. 2 photos


Box 1 Folder 24 Photographs, nude with mottled backdrop

Repro. 3 photos


Box 1 Folder 25 Photographs, nude with decorated curtain backdrop

Repro. 2 photos


Box 1 Folder 26 Photographs, 1923

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 27 Photographs, La Revue Negre, 1925

Repro. Postcard


Box 1 Folder 28 Photographs, Danse Sauvage, 1925

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 29 Photographs, Sirene des Tropiques, 1927

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 30 Photographs, Sirene des Tropiques, 1927

Repro. Postcard


Box 1 Folder 31 Photographs, Papitou [Sirene des Tropiques], 1927

Souvenir Booklet


Box 1 Folder 32 Photographs, Sirene des Tropiques?, 1927

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 33 Photographs, Sirene des Tropiques?, 1927


Box 1 Folder 34 Photographs, At La Coupole, ca. 1928


Box 1 Folder 35 Photographs, Tout Paris, 1929

Souvenir Booklet


Box 1 Folder 36 Photographs, At French Grand Prix, Longchamps, 1932


Box 1 Folder 37 Photographs, With Giuseppi Abatino, 1933


Box 1 Folder 38 Photographs, With Riviere at Ethnographic Museum, 1933

Repro. 2 photos


Box 1 Folder 39 Photographs, Zou Zou, 1934


Box 1 Folder 40 Photographs, Zou Zou, 1934

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 41 Photographs, Zou Zou, 1934

2 Screen shots?


Box 1 Folder 42 Photographs, With Elephant Auguste & Maurice Chevalier, 1936

Period Postcard


Box 1 Folder 43 Photographs, Ziegfeld Follies, La Conga, 1936

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 44 Photographs, With Joe Louis, 1951

Repro. 31 July 151


Box 1 Folder 45 Photographs, With Chaplin, 1953

Repro. 21 May 1953


Box 1 Folder 46 Photographs, On Stage, 1956

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 47 Photographs, Rehearsing, L'Olympia, 1959

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 48 Photographs, Dancing at L'Olympia, 1959

Film and 6 prints from film taken by audience member


Box 1 Folder 49 Photographs, With Defence Lawyer Riopel, 1960

Repro. 15 June 1960


Box 1 Folder 50 Photographs, Rehearsing for TV performance, 1964


Box 1 Folder 51 Photographs, Performing


Box 1 Folder 52 Photographs, Curtain Call with others

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 53 Photographs, Curtain Call


Box 1 Folder 54 Photographs, Performing

Repro. 2 photos


Box 1 Folder 55 Photographs, Performing at Monte-Carlo

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 56 Photographs, In Dressing Room Last Paris Show, 1975


Box 1 Folder 57 Photographs, Bobino, 1975

3 photos


Box 1 Folder 58 Photographs, Bobino?, 1975

3 photos


Box 1 Folder 59 Photographs, With Fans


Box 1 Folder 60 Photographs, With Piaf & Cerdan


Box 1 Folder 61 Photographs, At the beach

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 62 Photographs, With Cyclists

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 63 Photographs, Pedicure

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 64 Photographs, With child in restaurant

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 65 Photograph, With Elephant


Box 1 Folder 66 Photographs, Signing autographs

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 67 Photographs, Interview with press

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 68 Photographs, Receiving baby

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 69 Photograph, With Princess Grace of Monaco

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 70 Photographs, With Family at Les Milandes

Repro.


Box 1 Folder 71 Photographs, Les Milandes

2 Postcards


Box 1 Folder 72 Photographs, Stork Club Protesters with Placards, 1951


Box 1 Folder 73 Photographs, Funeral Procession, Paris, 1975

Repro. 15 April 1975



Mapcase 14-L-1 Photographs, Oversize, Baker with luxury car and crowd



Box 8 Folder 1 Photographs, Baker and Harold Nicholas in "Paris Mes Amours", 1905-05-12


Box 8 Folder 2 Photographs, Tele Magazine, Proofs (1), 1964-05-08


Box 8 Folder 3 Photographs, Tele Magazine, Proofs (2), 1964-05-08


Box 8 Folder 4 Photographs, Tele Magazine, Proofs, (3), 1964-05-09


Box 8 Folder 5 Photographs, Baker with Guitarists