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University of Chicago Library

Guide to the Carl VanVechten PhotographCollection 1932-1956

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Table of Contents

3Descriptive Summary3Information on Use3Access3Citation3Biographical Note3Scope Note4Related Resources4Subject Headings4INVENTORY4Series I: Portraits20Series 2: Landscapes20Subseries 1: General20Subseries 2: Connecticut20Subseries 3: Illinois20Subseries 4: Iowa20Subseries 5: Maine22Subseries 6: Massachusetts24Subseries 7: New Jersey24Subseries 8: New Mexico24Subseries 9: New York27Subseries 10: Pennsylvania27Subseries 11: Rhode Island27Subseries 12: Unidentified

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Descriptive Summary

Identifier ICU.SPCL.VANVECHTEN

Title Van Vechten, Carl. Photograph Collection

Date 1932-1956

Size 21 linear feet (7 boxes)

Repository Special Collections Research CenterUniversity of Chicago Library1100 East 57th StreetChicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract The Carl Van Vechten Photograph Collection consists of 347 mountedphotographs taken by American photographer Carl Van Vechten between1932 and 1956. The bulk of the collection consists of portrait photographsof artists, entertainers and other prominent subjects. A smaller portion of thecollection is an assortment of American landscapes.

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Carl Van Vechten.Photograph Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University ofChicago Library

Biographical Note

Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American photographer, writer, and graduate of theUniversity of Chicago. A music and dance critic for the New York Times, he was also a patronfor many of the most prominent members of the Harlem Renaissance, including LangstonHughes and Richard Wright. It was in the 1930s, after nearly 25 years in New York that hebegan taking portrait photographs. Among his subjects were Aaron Copland, Philip Johnson, ,Georgia O’Keefe, Diego Rivera, Gertrude Stein, and Alfred Stieglitz (photographs of all of whomare included in the collection here). When Gertrude Stein died, van Vechten became her literaryexecutor, bringing into print many of her unpublished works. Van Vechten’s papers are nowheld by the Bieneke at Yale University.

Scope Note

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The collection includes studio portraits and pictures of the American landscape. Each image isdescribed and includes the date the photograph was taken.

Series I consists primarily of pictures of people affiliated with the arts, including musicians,dancers, artists, and literati. Most are individual portraits but a few show people in pairs.Included are also a number of self-portraits.

Series II includes pictures of Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico,New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.

Related Resources

The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html

Subject Headings

• van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964• Photographers• Photographs

INVENTORY

Series I: Portraits

Box 1Folder 1

Mercedes de Acosta, 3/8/35Box 1Folder 2

Mercedes de Acosta, 3/8/35Box 1Folder 3

Judith Anderson, 9/28/32Box 1Folder 4

Sherwood Anderson, 11/29/33Box 1Folder 5

Sherwood Anderson, 11/29/33Box 1Folder 6

Ann Andrews, 10/26/32Box 1

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Folder 7George Antheil, 2/13/34

Box 1Folder 8

Elsie Arden, 8/15/33Box 1Folder 9

Tallulah Bankhead, 1/25/34Box 1Folder 10



John Beckett, 3/16/34Box 1Folder 13

Fred Beckman, 3/10/35Box 1Folder 14

Edla Frankan-Benjamen (Mrs. John Benjamen), 10/15/34Box 1Folder 15



Martin Benson, 1/9/35Box 1Folder 18

Martin Benson, 1/9/35Box 1Folder 19

Mrs. Martin Benson (Rita Romilly), 10/4/33Box 1Folder 20

Rita Piacenza (Mrs. Thomas) Benton, 4/16/1933Box 1Folder 21

"Annoda Charan Bhattacharyya", 1/6/33Box 1Folder 22

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"Annoda Charan Bhattacharyya", 1/6/33Box 1Folder 23

"Rajendra Shan-kar," 1/6/33Box 1Folder 24

"Vishnudass Shirati," 1/6/33Box 1Folder 25

Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, 4/9/35Box 1Folder 26



John Boettiger, 4/9/35Box 1Folder 29

Joseph Brewer, 1/24/35Box 1Folder 30

Mary Bromfield, 11/2/33Box 1Folder 31

Erskine Caldwell, 10/1/24Box 1Folder 32

Kitty Carlisle, 11/1/33Box 1Folder 33

Kitty Carlisle, 11/1/33Box 1Folder 34

Tillio Carmichael, 11/29/32Box 1Folder 35

Joan Carr, 7/9/32Box 1Folder 36

Jo Carstairs, 9/26/33Box 1Folder 37

Bertha Case, 5/12/33

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Box 1Folder 38

Waldo de Castro, 11/11/33Box 1Folder 39

Ina Claire, 10/31/33Box 1Folder 40







Charles Ward Collier, 2/22/35Box 1Folder 47

Constance Collier, 12/8/32Box 1Folder 48

Aaron Copland, 3/11/32Box 1Folder 49

Aaron Copland, 3/11/32Box 1Folder 50

Katharine Cornel, 1/10/33Box 1Folder 51

Katharine Cornell, 1/10/33Box 2Folder 1

Lucia Davidova, 5/2/32Box 2

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Folder 2Alice de la Mar, 5/2/32

Box 2Folder 3

Alice de la Mar, 5/2/32Box 2Folder 4

Alice de la Mar, 5/2/32Box 2Folder 5

Muriel Saunders and Paul Droper, 3/30/32Box 2Folder 6

Lillian May Ehrman, 1/24/35Box 2Folder 7

Jacob Epstein, 5/28/34Box 2Folder 8

Madame Alfred Fabre-Luce, 11/2/33Box 2Folder 9



Lynn Fontanne, 6/21/32Box 2Folder 12

Clarita de Foreville, 10/1/34Box 2Folder 13

Bernadine Szold-Fritz, 10/15/34Box 2Folder 14

Mary Garden, 12/12/32Box 2Folder 15



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Madame B. Gay, 12/29/33Box 2Folder 21

Harry Glynn, 4/30/32Box 2Folder 22

Julian Green, 11/11/33Box 2Folder 23



Emilie Grigsy, 4/6/34Box 2Folder 26

Monroe (Rody) Hall, 4/16/34Box 2Folder 27

Louise Hellstrom, 5/2/33Box 2Folder 28

Louise Hellstron, 5/2/33Box 2Folder 29




Hedda Hopper, 10/18/34

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Box 2Folder 33

Geny Hoy, 7/10/32Box 2Folder 34

Tom Howard, 2/14/34Box 2Folder 35

Julia Hoyt, 3/1/33Box 2Folder 36

Elizabeth Hull, 10/18/34Box 2Folder 37

Fannie Hurst, 11/29/32Box 2Folder 38

Jose Iturbi, 11/21/33Box 2Folder 39



Philip Johnson, 1/18/33Box 2Folder 42

"Spud" (Willard) Johnson, 10/26/34Box 2Folder 43

Lincoln Kirsten, 5/8/33Box 2Folder 44

Lincoln Kirsten, 5/8/33Box 2Folder 45

Victor Kraft, 4/5/35Box 2Folder 46

Gaston Lachaise, 5/26/33Box 3Folder 1

Laurence Langner, 2/13/34Box 3

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Folder 2Armina Marshall and Laurence Langner, 4/26/32

Box 3Folder 3

Philip Langner, 5/16/32Box 3Folder 4

Philip Langner, 5/16/32Box 3Folder 5

Eyre de Lanux, 12/28/33Box 3Folder 6

Eyre de Lanux, 12/28/33Box 3Folder 7

Francis Lederer, 12/20/32Box 3Folder 8






Auriol Lee, 10/2/34Box 3Folder 14

Alfred de Liagre, Jr., 5/8/33Box 3Folder 15

Goddard Lieberson, 10/6/32Box 3Folder 16

Goddard Lieberson, 10/6/32Box 3Folder 17

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Leonora Lindsley, 10/29/33Box 3Folder 18

Lorna Lindsley, 12/29/33Box 3Folder 19

Makel Luhan, 4/12/34Box 3Folder 20

Alfred Lunt, 5/23/32Box 3Folder 21



Tom Mabry, 11/19/33Box 3Folder 24



Kenneth Macpherson, 1/9/34Box 3Folder 27



Esther Marinoff, 9/14/32Box 3Folder 30

Fania Marinoff, 6/20/32Box 3Folder 31

Jacob Marinoff, 9/14/32Box 3Folder 32

Jacob Marinoff, 9/14/32

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Box 3Folder 33

Jacob Marinoff, 9/14/32Box 3Folder 34

Fritzi Massay, 12/17/34Box 3Folder 35

Dr. Gerbais Warc McAuliffe, 11/23/33Box 3Folder 36

Colin McPhee, 4/6/35Box 3Folder 37

Jane Belo McPhee, 4/6/34Box 3Folder 38

A.K. Mills, 11/29/33Box 3Folder 39

A.K. Mills, 11/29/33Box 3Folder 40

Lathrop Mitchell, 5/2/33Box 3Folder 41






Benno Moiseiwitsch, 12/6/34Box 3Folder 47

Benno Moiseiwitsch, 12/6/34Box 3

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Folder 48Grace Moore, 1/5/33

Box 3Folder 49

Grace Moore, 1/5/33Box 3Folder 50

Grace Moore and Val Parera, 1/5/33Box 4Folder 1

Helen Morgan, 6/23/32Box 4Folder 2

John Mosher, 1/27/34Box 4Folder 3

Dudley Murphy, 10/4/33Box 4Folder 4

Nils Nelson, 8/26/32Box 4Folder 5

Ada Fitch Neyland, 9/5/32Box 4Folder 6

Ada Fitch Neyland, 9/5/32Box 4Folder 7

Lewis Fitch Neyland, 1/14/35Box 4Folder 8

Robert Reese Neyland, 1/20/35Box 4Folder 9

Robert Neyland, Jr., 1/20/35Box 4Folder 10

Nikolas Nobokoff, 2/23/34Box 4Folder 11

Vincent Obedencia, 10/12/33Box 4Folder 12


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Georgia O’Keefe, 2/22/35Box 4Folder 16

Douglas Parmentier, 4/6/33Box 4Folder 17

Douglas Parmentier, 4/6/33Box 4Folder 18

Allen Parter, 10/20/33Box 4Folder 19

Diego Rivera, 3/19/32Box 4Folder 20

Tom Rutherford, 9/19/32Box 4Folder 21

Marion Saportas (Malibu), 7/19/32Box 4Folder 22

Marion Saportas (Malibu), 7/19/32Box 4Folder 23

Marion Saportas, 10/1/34Box 4Folder 24

Kati Seabrook, 11/14/34Box 4Folder 25

Gilbert Seldes (and Amanda), 10/7/32Box 4Folder 26

Tonio Selwart, 9/21/32Box 4Folder 27

Tonio Selwart, 9/21/32Box 4Folder 28

Angevine Shoffer, 9/7/32

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Box 4Folder 29

Susan and Mary Shoffer (children of Van Vechten and Angevine Shoffer), 11/9/34Box 4Folder 30

Van Vechten Shoffer, 9/7/32Box 4Folder 31

Consuelo Sides, 4/2/35Box 4Folder 32

Freddo Sides, 4/2/35Box 4Folder 33

Lee Simonson, 11/23/33Box 4Folder 34

T.R. Smith, 11/2/33Box 4Folder 35

T.R. Smith, 11/2/33Box 4Folder 36

Gertrude Stein (Belgium), 6/13/34Box 4Folder 37

Gertrude Stein (Belgium), 6/13/34Box 4Folder 38

Gertrude Stein, 11/4/34Box 4Folder 39

Jack Stephens, 5/26/33Box 4Folder 40

Carrie Stettheimer, 10/8/32Box 4Folder 41

Ettie Stettheimer, 10/8/32Box 4Folder 42

Alfred Stieglitz, 4/19/35Box 4Folder 43

Esther Strarkey, 2/16/34Box 4

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Folder 44Esther Strarkey, 2/16/34

Box 5Folder 1

Sandor Szabo, 1/19/33Box 5Folder 2






Deems Taylor, 12/6/32Box 5Folder 8

Alice B. Toklas, 6/13/34Box 5Folder 9



Gene Tunney, 4/25/34Box 5Folder 12



Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 8/29/33Box 5Folder 15

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Addie Lawton Van Vechten (Cedar Rapids), 11/8/34Box 5Folder 16

Carl Van Vechten, 4/16/32Box 5Folder 17









Duane Van Vechten, 7/15/33Box 5Folder 26




Arthur Walker, 11/29/33Box 5Folder 30

Annie von Wasserman, 12/10/34

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Box 5Folder 31

Edward Wasserman, 4/11/32Box 5Folder 32



Beveridge Webster, 11/28/34Box 5Folder 35

Beveridge Webster, 11/28/34Box 5Folder 36

Marguerite Wenner-Gren, 11/22/34Box 5Folder 37

Alma Wertheim, 4/19/33Box 5Folder 38

James Whitall, 3/26/35Box 5Folder 39

Mildred Whitall, 3/26/35Box 5Folder 40

Richard Whitall, 3/26/35Box 5Folder 41

Richard Whitall, 3/26/35Box 5Folder 42

Raoul Whitfield, 9/21/33Box 5Folder 43

Mrs. Raoul Whitfield, 9/21/33• Emily Davies, SEE Mrs. Raoul Whitfield• Mrs. W.H. Vanderbilt, SEE Mrs. Raoul Whitfield• Mrs. S. Thayer, SEE Mrs. Raoul Whitfield

Box 5Folder 44

Emily Whitgield and her daughter, Emily Vanderbilt, 9/21/33Box 5

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Folder 45‘Steve’ Wiman, 4/10/33

Box 5Folder 46

Victor Wittgentstein, 2/14/33

Series 2: Landscapes

Subseries 1: General

Box 6Folder 1

Tires, 7/21/26Box 6Folder 2

The Closed Bar, 3/5/32Box 6Folder 3

One Way, 7/24/38Box 6Folder 4

The Beach at Shorehaus, 7/16/39Box 6Folder 5

Bellow Window, 3/21/52Box 6Folder 6

Clothes Line from Doctors Hospital, 8/3/55

Subseries 2: Connecticut

Box 6Folder 7

Nathan Hale at Yale, 8/8/36Box 6Folder 8

The Yale Bowl, 8/8/36

Subseries 3: Illinois

Box 6Folder 9

The Lake Front, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 11/8/34

Subseries 4: Iowa

Box 6Folder 10

View from Van Vechten Shoppers Country House, Near Marion, Iowa, 10/28/37

Subseries 5: Maine

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Box 6Folder 11

Beach Trees, Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 12

Beach Trees, Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 13

The Desert of Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 14

The Witch’s House, Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 15

The Witch’s House, Maine, 7/23/36Box 6Folder 16

Bar Harbor, Maine, 7/23/36Box 6Folder 17

Near Thunder Hole, Bar Harbor, Maine, 7/25/36Box 6Folder 18

Dog Show, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 25, 1936Box 6Folder 19

Wharf, Bar Harbor, 7/26/36Box 6Folder 20

Wharf, Bar Harbor, 7/26/36Box 6Folder 21

House on the Road between Bar Harbor and Rockland, Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 22

Victorian House, Brunswick Maine, 7/22/36Box 6Folder 23

The Sea near Thunder Hole, 7/23/36Box 6Folder 24

The Sea near Thunder Hole, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 7/23/36Box 6Folder 25

The Sea near Thunder Hole, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 7/23/36Box 6

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Folder 26The Sea and Thunder Hole, Mount Desert Island, 7/23/36

Box 6Folder 27

The Sea near Thunder Hole, Mount Desert Island, 7/23/36Box 6Folder 28

Boy asleep, Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 7/23/36Box 6Folder 29

Near Thunder Hole Mount Desert Island, 7/25/36Box 6Folder 30

Somes Houses, Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 7/26/36Box 6Folder 31

Hitching Post, Antique Shop near Rockland, Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 32

Cock at Antique Store near Rockland, Maine, 7/27/36Box 6Folder 33

At an Antique Store Near Rockland, Maine, 7/27/56Box 6Folder 34

At an Antique Store Near Rockland, Maine, 7/27/36

Subseries 6: Massachusetts

Box 6Folder 35

Haying in Massachusetts, 7/28/36Box 6Folder 36

Massachusetts Barn, 7/28/36Box 6Folder 37

Trinity Church, Boston, 7/19/36Box 6Folder 38

Trinity Church, Boston (detail), 7/19/37Box 6Folder 39

Trinity Church, Boston (detail), 7/19/36Box 6Folder 40

Longfellow’s House, Cambridge, Mass, 7/18/36

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Box 6Folder 41

Memorial Chapel, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts, 7/18/36Box 6Folder 42

Spire, Congregational Church, Chatham, Cape Cod, 7/30/36Box 6Folder 43

House on Cape Cod, 7/30/26Box 6Folder 44

Old Windham, Easthorn, Cape Cod, July 31, 1936Box 6Folder 45

Sandwich, Cape Cod, 8/1/36Box 6Folder 46

Provincetown Pier with Gulls, 7/31/36Box 6Folder 47

Provincetown Pier and Gulls, 7/31/36Box 6Folder 48

Indian in Provincetown, Cape Cod, 7/31/36Box 6Folder 49

House in Provincetown, 7/31/36Box 6Folder 50

Original Provincetown Theater where O’Neil plays were first presented, Wharf inProvincetown, Cape Cod, 7/31/36

Box 6Folder 51

The Alcott House in Concord, 7/16/36Box 6Folder 52

Gloucester, 7/28/36Box 6Folder 53

Marblehead, Massachusetts, 7/20/38Box 6Folder 54

Marblehead, 7/20/36Box 6Folder 55

Nantucket Tanks, August 2, 1936

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Box 6Folder 56

Nantucket Street, 8/2/36Box 6Folder 57

Nantucket, 8/2/36Box 6Folder 58

Nantucket Doorway, 8/2/36Box 6Folder 59

Door in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 7/28/36Box 6Folder 60

Door in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 7/28/36Box 6Folder 61

House in x, Mass, 7/28/36Box 6Folder 62

Lawn Dog, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 7/16/36

Subseries 7: New Jersey

Box 7Folder 1

Atlantic City -- Idyll, 6/13/37

Subseries 8: New Mexico

Box 7Folder 2

John Marques at Taos, 7/15/33Box 7Folder 3

Boy at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, 7/15/33Box 7Folder 4

Boy at Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico, 7/17/33

Subseries 9: New York

Box 7Folder 5

Shaker Barn at Hancock, New York, 7/15/36Box 7Folder 6

Commerce and Religion (NYC)Box 7

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Folder 7Ironwork on Bench Street, NYC, 5/30/32

Box 7Folder 8

Ironwork, New York City, 5/30/32Box 7Folder 9

The Eagle with One Head, Bronx Zoo, NY, 8/4/32Box 7Folder 10

Prometheus Fountain, Radio City, New York, 7/21/34Box 7Folder 11

Atlas, Radio City, NYC, 5/3/37Box 7Folder 12



Boys at Maine Monument, Columbus Circle, 9/3/37Box 7Folder 15

Monument to Maya de Peystes, Bowling Green, NYC, 3/9/38Box 7Folder 16

View from Joseph Cassidy’s Window, Lower Manhattan, 3/9/38Box 7Folder 17

Polar Bear, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 7/25/38Box 7Folder 18

In the Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, New York City, 7/30/38Box 7Folder 19

In the Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, New York City, 7/30/38Box 7Folder 20

Figure, The Cloisters, NYC, 9/6/38Box 7Folder 21

The Façade of a Harlem Tenement, Watching the West Indian Parade, 8/22/39Box 7Folder 22

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View from 9D (146 CPW) in the Rain, 7/9/54Box 7Folder 23

View from 146 CPW (9D), 5/24/54Box 7Folder 24

View from 9D-146 CPW, 6/18/54Box 7Folder 25

View from 9d (146 CPW), 8/4/54Box 7Folder 26

View from 146 CPW (9D) down, 8/16/54Box 7Folder 27

View from 9D, 146 CPW, 1/16/55Box 7Folder 28

View from 9D, 146 CPW, 1/16/55Box 7Folder 29

View from 146 Central Park West (9D) in the Winter, 12/21/55Box 7Folder 30

View of Central Park West from 9d, 146 Central Park West, 3/20/56Box 7Folder 31

View of Central Park from 9D CPW, 3/21/56Box 7Folder 32

View of Central Park from 9D, 146 Central Park West, 3/21/56Box 7Folder 33

View from Doctor’s Hospital Window including Gracie Mansion and Triborough Bridge,4/14/56

Box 7Folder 34

Seeing the World’s Fair, Flushing, 9/11/56Box 7Folder 35

The United State Hotel (detail), Saratoga Springs, 7/14/36Box 7Folder 36

Grand Union Hotel (detail), Saratoga Springs, 7/14/36Box 7Folder 37

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Victoria Statue in the Park, Saratoga, 7/14/36

Subseries 10: Pennsylvania

Box 7Folder 38

In the Garden of the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, Diana by Manship, 9/17/33Box 7Folder 39

Detail of Fountain at Head of Parkway, Phil, 1/30/38Box 7Folder 40

Detail of Statue to Washington, Head of Parkway, Philadelphia, 1/30/38Box 7Folder 41

Buffalo Head, Detail of Statue Group to Washington, Head of Parkway, Philadelphia,1/30/38

Box 7Folder 42

Fountain in Logan Square, Philadelphia, 4/2/39Box 7Folder 43

The Water Lilies in the pool in front of Horticultural Hall, Fairmont Park, Phil, May 2,1939

Box 7Folder 44

Horticultural Hall and the Rhododendrons, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, 5/22/39

Subseries 11: Rhode Island

Box 7Folder 45

Fountain, Providence, R.I., 8/4/36Box 7Folder 46

Barn between Providence and Newport, 8/5/36

Subseries 12: Unidentified

Box 7Folder 47

Untitled, 7/28/36Box 7Folder 48

Fisherman’s Bay, 7/25/36

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