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Series 3: Photographs and Film, approximately 1900-1992

 Series

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Professional photographs and snapshots, some in photograph albums. Included are professional photographs of nightclub stage performers (many of the Billy Rankin Revue), Barnes and other family members, and snapshots of town and college scenes from the turn of the century, and vacations in Montana, Niagara Falls, Alabama, and Texas. Also a black and white 8 mm film of Bessie Barnes's show at the Kenosha County Fair in 1939. Of particular interest is an album containing photographs of an Indian fair and rodeo, probably taken in Montana in 1938.

Scope and Contents note

For professional photographs, see also Series 1: Nightclub Career.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1900-1992

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Bessie Barnes papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Audiovisual recordings in this collection have been digitized and are available online. Access to the original audiovisual items is restricted.

Arrangement note

Organized with oversize professional photographs (box 3) preceding other family and vacation photographs and albums.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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