Call Number:

PH-03038

Collection Name:

Gertrude Stein Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

24 photographs

Span Dates:

20th century

Description:

Portraits of Stein alone (P1-P5, P19A-P19C), with Alice B. Toklas (P6, P22), and with Leo Stein (P7); views of a 1964 exhibition on Stein at the San Francisco Public Library (P8-P18); portrait of Stein sitting cross-legged on a stone table outside (985:0011:0001); portrait of Nancy Winder as a baby, 1942 (997:0079:0009). Identified photographers include: Bernès, Marouteau & Cie. (P5); and Carl Van Vechten (P2, P19A-P19C).

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.

Location(s):

Stein, G., Lit File
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See Also:

Gertrude Stein Collection: Associated manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Gertrude Stein Collection (MS-04000).