Josephine Baker collection, 1925-1975

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Series VII: Magazines



Box 3 Folder 1 Magazines, The Adelphi, 1931-09-01

pp. 526-527: "The Empress of Jazz"


Box 3 Folder 2 Magazines, Almanach de la "Mode Du Jour", [1927?]

p. 19; Extremely fragile


Box 3 Folder 3 Magazines, Cinemagazine, 1927-12-30

p. 587: "La Sirene des Tropiques"


Box 3 Folder 4 Magazines, Fascination, No. 5, [1979?]

pp. 29-32; 2 copies


Box 3 Folder 5 Magazines, Lectures Pour Tous, 1926-06-01

p. 15: "Une Noire et deux Blances"


Box 3 Folder 6 Magazines, Lectures Pour Tous, Christmas, 1926

p. 81: "Au Royaume de la Fantaisie"


Box 3 Folder 7 Magazines, Lectures Pour Tous, 1931-06-01

p. 58: "La Roseraie"


Box 3 Folder 8 Magazines, Lectures Pour Tous, 1935-02-01

pp. 73-80: "Mes Souvenirs" 2 copies


Box 3 Folder 9 Magazines, Paris Magazine, 1933-02-01

p. 86: "La Joie de Paris…"


Box 3 Folder 10 Magazines, Paris Magazine, 1933-03-01

pp. 159-160: "Au Casino de Paris" 2 copies


Box 3 Folder 11 Magazines, Paris Magazine, 1935-04-01

pp. 242-246: "On est si bien a Paris"


Box 3 Folder 12 Magazines, Paris Magazine, 1935-08-01

"Au Bois … avec Josephine Baker" 2 copies


Box 3 Folder 13 Magazines, Paris OBS, 2006-11-23

p. 26: "Brian Baker fils de Josephine"


Box 3 Folder 14 Magazines, Parisian Weekly information, July 30 - August 6, 1937

p. 10" Adv. Baker at Folies Bergere


Box 3 Folder 15 Magazines, La Petite Illustration, 1927-04-02

Marcel Pagnol "Jazz Piece de Quatre Actes" with second copy of back cover


Box 3 Folder 16 Magazines, La Revue Musicale, 1927-03-01

p. 153: "Music Halls"


Box 3 Folder 17 Magazines, Vous distraire, 1959-11-01

pp. 1-3: "Josephine Baker a sauve ses dix enfants"



Box 4 Folder 1 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-03-15

p. 426: "La Vie en Noir"


Box 4 Folder 2 Magazines, Fantasio, April or May, 1927

p. 543, Repro.


Box 4 Folder 3 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-06-15

p. 611: "Mode d'Ete a la Josephine Baker"


Box 4 Folder 4 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-08-01

p. 9: jazz


Box 4 Folder 5 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-08-15

p. 2: Adv. Memoires; p. 34: "Negresses d'Antan"


Box 4 Folder 6 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-08-15

p. 34 only: "Negresses d'Antan"


Box 4 Folder 7 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-09-01

p. 64: Baker at gambling table


Box 4 Folder 8 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-10-15

p. 155: jazz


Box 4 Folder 9 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-11-01

p. 191: "Comment on Ecrit une Revue"


Box 4 Folder 10 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-11-15

p. 220: jazz


Box 4 Folder 11 Magazines, Fantasio, 1927-12-01

p. 235: jazz


Box 4 Folder 12 Magazines, Fantasio, 1928-01-15

p. 111: Baker adv.


Box 4 Folder 13 Magazines, Fantasio, 1928-05-01

p. 526: "Un Miracle de Voronof"


Box 4 Folder 14 Magazines, Fantasio, 1928-06-01

p. 581: "Josephine's Girls"


Box 4 Folder 15 Magazines, Fantasio, 1928-06-15

p. 599: jazz


Box 4 Folder 16 Magazines, Fantasio, 1929-02-01

p. 344: jazz


Box 4 Folder 17 Magazines, Fantasio, 1929-02-15

p. 389: jazz


Box 4 Folder 18 Magazines, Fantasio, 1929-03-01

p. 416: "Pendant le careme…"


Box 4 Folder 19 Magazines, Fantasio, 1929-05-01

p. 515: "Les Americaines chez Nous"


Box 4 Folder 20 Magazines, Fantasio, 1929-12-01

p. 235: "Holopherne"


Box 4 Folder 21 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-02-01

PP. 351-353: "Les Montparnos"


Box 4 Folder 22 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-04-15

p. 495: Voronoff treatment


Box 4 Folder 23 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-05-01

p. 527: "Un Coup de Folie Aux Folies-Bergere"


Box 4 Folder 24 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-05-15

p. 551: "La Martiniquaise"


Box 4 Folder 25 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-08-01

p. 16: "Lulu ne peche pas les crabes"


Box 4 Folder 26 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-09-01

p. 61: "L'Amoureux un peu dingo"


Box 4 Folder 27 Magazines, Fantasio, 1930-12-15

p. 249: Josephine


Box 4 Folder 28 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-03-15

p. 401: "Le Style Colonial"


Box 4 Folder 29 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-05-01

p. 498: "Petit Nounou"


Box 4 Folder 30 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-05-15

p. 523: "Nouche, pour se mettre a la Page"


Box 4 Folder 31 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-07-15

p. 633: Adv. Casino de Paris


Box 4 Folder 32 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-08-15

p. 39: "La Venus Noire"


Box 4 Folder 33 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-09-01

p. 76: "Le Demi-Monde un peu Renverse"


Box 4 Folder 34 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-10-01

p. 133: Adv. Casino de Paris


Box 4 Folder 35 Magazines, Fantasio, 1931-10-15

p. 147: "Batoualette est de Retour a sa Cabane Bambou"


Box 4 Folder 36 Magazines, Fantasio, 1932-07-15

p. 619: "La Biguine"


Box 4 Folder 37 Magazines, Fantasio, 1932-12-01

p. 25: "L'inspiration divine"


Box 4 Folder 38 Magazines, Fantasio, 1932-12-15

p. 26: "Baby" (JB in banana skirt) 2 copies



Box 5 Folder 1 Magazines, Art et Medecine, 1931-03-01

p. 46: "Discophilie Exotisme"


Box 5 Folder 2 Magazines, Bravo, 1930-11-01

pp. 24-25: "Josephine est Revenue"


Box 5 Folder 3 Magazines, Cine-Miroir, 1928-03-16

pp. 184-185: "La Sirene des Tropiques"


Box 5 Folder 4 Magazines, Cine-Miroir, 1935-12-13

"Princesse Tam-Tam"


Box 5 Folder 5 Magazines, Le Crapouillot, Christmas 1931

p. 57: Botton "Portrait de Josephine Baker"


Box 5 Folder 6 Magazines, Figaro, 1930-11-01

p. 46: "Mille Josephine Baker"


Box 5 Folder 7 Magazines, France Illustration, 1946-10-19

p. 397: "Josephine Baker Officier de la Resistance"


Box 5 Folder 8 Magazines, France Illustration, 1951-04-21

"J'ai Deux Amours…"


Box 5 Folder 9 Magazines, Le Grand Guignol, Summer 1927

p. 272: "Symphonie … Plastique"


Box 5 Folder 10 Magazines, Jours de France, 1965-12-04

pp. 11-22: "Casino de Paris"


Box 5 Folder 11 Magazines, Le Miroir, 1939-11-26

pp. 2-3: "Maurice et Josephine"



Box 6 Folder 1 Magazines, Le Miroir du Monde, 1934-12-22

Cover and p. 607: "Josephine Baker dans "La Creole" Au Theatre Marigny" (2 copies)


Box 6 Folder 2 Magazines, Le Miroir du Monde, n.d.

Only pp. 519-520: "Sur les Scenes Parisiennes"


Box 6 Folder 3 Magazines, Noir et Blanc, 1966-03-09

Cover and pp. 3-4: "Josephine Baker: Elle est Sauvee!"


Box 6 Folder 4 Magazines, Noir et Blanc, 1967-01-04

Cover and pp. 13-14: "Josephine Baker a Retrouve son Mari"


Box 6 Folder 5 Magazines, Paris Match, 1975-04-26

Cover and pp. 38-43: "Les Combats de Josephine Baker"


Box 6 Folder 6 Magazinese, Picture Post, 1945-06-02

pp. 12-13: "Josephine Baker gives Soldiers a Victory Song"


Box 6 Folder 7 Magazines, Point de Vue, 1949-03-03

Cover and pp. 28-29: "En 30 costumes Josephine Baker va reapprendre l'Histoire de France aux parisiens"


Box 6 Folder 8 Magazines, Realites, 1949-07-01

pp. 65-72: "Folies-Bergeres"


Box 6 Folder 9 Magazines, La Revue de La Femme, 1927-09-01

pp. 35-36: "Josephine Baker "Bistrote""


Box 6 Folder 10 Magazines, La Revue de La Femme, 1927-10-01

p. 7: Adv. Perugia, JB in furs


Box 6 Folder 11 Magazines, La Revue de La Femme, 1927-11-01

pp. 47-48: "Le Salon de l'Automobile"


Box 6 Folder 12 Magazines, La Revue de La Femme, 1928-06-01

p. 26: Adv. Beer, Lanvin, "Ombres et Lumieres Velours et Satins"


Box 6 Folder 13 Magazines, Revue Illustree des Chemins de Fer de l'Etat, 1931-08-01

pp. 2-3: "Par La Portiere"


Box 6 Folder 14 Magazines, Paris Spectacles, 1934-12-07

Cover, p. 9, p. 16: "Miss Bartira Vedette de l'Alcazar"


Box 6 Folder 15 Magazines, Le Theatre et Comeodia, 1924-10-15

"La Guitare et Le Jazz-Band"


Box 6 Folder 16 Magazines, Le Theatre Revue Mensuelle, June-July 1931

p. 4: "Josephine Baker Ecrivain"


Box 6 Folder 17 Magazines, Le Theatre Revue Mensuelle, August-September 1931

p. 25: "Au Revoir Paris"


Box 6 Folder 18 Magazines, Le Theatre Revue Mensuelle, October-November 1931

p. 39: ""Josephine Baker" Miniature, Suzanne Cravoisier"


Box 6 Folder 19 Magazines, Vie Parisienne, 1931-06-13

Inside back wrapper: Adv. Casino de Paris


Box 6 Folder 20 Magazines, Voila, 1932-12-03

"Qu'est-ce que c'est?.."


Box 6 Folder 21 Magazines, Voila, 1937-05-21

p. 13: " la negresse apprivoisee" (2 copies)


Box 6 Folder 22 Magazines, Voila, 1938-06-24

pp. 8-9: "Les Trompettes de Jericho"



Box 7 Folder 1 Magazines, Ekran, 1959-03-22

p. 7: "J'ai Deux Amours"


Box 7 Folder 2 Magazines, Illustration, n.d.

3 leaves with illustrations including "Mlle Josephine Baker dans la nouvelle 14 CV 6 cylindres Voisin"


Box 7 Folder 3 Magazines, Illustration, Christmas 1929

Whole issue; "Texte et aquarelles de Sem: "Bars et Cabarets de Paris" "


Box 7 Folder 4 Magazines, L'Illustration, 1930-01-04

1 leaf: Adv. Radio L. L. … Jazz


Box 7 Folder 5 Magazines, L'Illustration, 1931-05-30

1 leaf: Adv. Columbia Radio-Graphophone with Baker photo


Box 7 Folder 6 Magazines, L'Illustration, 1935-09-07

1 leaf: Adv. Le Phililps 536 … jazz-hot


Box 7 Folder 7 Magazines, L'Illustration, 1936-10-31

p. 280: "La Jungle Marveilleuse" Folies-Bergere


Box 7 Folder 8 Magazines, Pour Vous, 1930-09-11

pp. 8-9: "Hollywood Review" par Josephine Baker


Box 7 Folder 9 Magazines, Pour Vous, 1930-11-13

p. 7: "Souvenirs de Josephine Baker" (lower part of leaf torn away)


Box 7 Folder 10 Magazines, Pour Vous, 1932-06-02

pp. 8-9: "Le cinema a revele les beautes secretes de la danse" Dorothy Mackaill in banana skirt


Box 7 Folder 11 Magazines, Pour Vous, 1935-01-24

Back cover: Josephine Baker … dans "Zouzou"


Box 7 Folder 12 Magazines, Pour Vous, 1936-06-25

p. 3: "Adieu New York … Bonjour Paris! Par Josephine Baker"


Box 7 Folder 13 Magazines, Voila, 1932-12-03

Cover and pp. 5-6: "L'Etoile Filante"


Box 7 Folder 14 Magazines, Voila, 1935-01-19

p. 13: "de la Pudeur, Mesdames"


Box 7 Folder 15 Magazines, Voila, 1936-06-06

p. 14: "le Gateau de Josephine Baker"