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Photographs of Harvey Lee
Title
[Photographs of Harvey Lee].
Production
New York, New York, circa 1950s-1960s.
Physical Description
2 photographs : black and white prints ; photographs 26 x 21 mm and smaller
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of creation from captions.
Studio portrait of Lee signed in the negative by James J. Kriegsmann.
Ink stamp on verso of candid photograph: "Harvey Lee 'Delineator of the Divine Feminine.'"
Captions and ink stamps in English.
Provenance
Purchased from Bolerium Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Harvey Lee was the stage name of Harvey W. Goodwin (1912-1992), a stage performer, singer, and female impersonator.
Summary
Black and white photographs of Harvey Goodwin as Harvey Lee, circa 1950s-1960s. One studio portrait photograph by James J. Kriegsmann, New York, depicts Lee posing in an evening gown, circa 1950s. One candid photograph by an unidentified photographer, depicts Lee seated at a table with an unidentified female impersonator; caption on verso: "1960 or 1961 Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom, N.Y.C., N.Y.".
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 22, 2021
References
James J. Kriegsmann, Photographs of Harvey Lee. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
James J. Kriegsmann, Photographs of Harvey Lee. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Studio portraits.
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