About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Collections Elease Perkins collection
 

Elease Perkins collection

About Filters

Collection Data

Description
The Elease Perkins Collection consists of portraits of Elease Perkins; her friends and family members including the Davis, Hardnet and Perkins families; as well as snapshots (1920s-1930s) documenting outings and travels of family and friends. Collection contains a three-quarter length portrait of Perkins as well as snapshots of her with her husband, William Perkins. She is also depicted in a group portrait with other teachers at the Harlem Academy, New York City (ca. 1930s), as well as working in an office, possibly her employment agency in Queens, New York City. William Perkins is also depicted in a studio portrait with examples from his sign painting business; and in his real estate office with his secretary. Snapshots show members of the Perkins family, relatives and/or friends at Pelham Bay (1927; 1928), Coney Island and Rockaway Beach, New York City (1931); in Atlantic City, N.J. (1928), Atlanta, Ga. (1919), Miami, Lakeland, and Jacksonville, Fla., and in Detroit, Mich.. The collection includes three group portraits of school children from unidentified schools, including one in New York City (1927), possibly the Harlem Academy.
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1900 - 1939 (Questionable)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Elease Perkins Collection
Topics
Perkins, Elease, 1904?-
African American families
African American women teachers
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: Born in 1904(?), Elease Perkins was a teacher at Harlem Academy and owned an employment agency in Queens, New York City. She married William Perkins who owned a sign painting business in Queens, New York City, and later a real estate business.
Physical Description
Extent: 96 items (.2 cubic ft., 1 box)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20850296
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1d650d80-4785-0138-5297-0776e04ce6ff
Show filters Hide filters
collection
x Elease Perkins collection
division
x Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
Date Range
to
1 result found
Filtering on:
x Division: Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division