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Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie

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Friedman-Abeles photographs

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Series II: Productions

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Purlie

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Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie

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Title
Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie
Names
Friedman-Abeles (Firm) (Photographer)
Collection

Friedman-Abeles photographs

Series II: Productions

Purlie

Negatives

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1970-03 - 1971-11 (Inferred)
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1992-013
Topics
Theatrical productions
Geld, Gary. Purlie
Musicals
Little, Cleavon
Moore, Melba
Heffernan, John, 1934-
Hemsley, Sherman, 1938-2012
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible through the generous support of The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Estate of June Reig Maxwell, The Schloss Family Foundation, and The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.
Physical Description
Negatives
Black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19936079
MSS Unit ID: 22538
Archives EAD ID: 3320345
Negative number: AB8
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c95f53c0-b44a-013a-af8d-0242ac110002
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The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 1970: Created (Approximate)
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970 - 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/642e4160-b44b-013a-cc0f-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 30, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/642e4160-b44b-013a-cc0f-0242ac110002

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1970 - 1971). Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/642e4160-b44b-013a-cc0f-0242ac110002

Wikipedia Citation

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Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan and Sherman Hemsley in the stage production Purlie