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Barbara Levine Collection of Vernacular Photograph Albums Acquired by ICP
Saturday, 31 October, 2009
from Media Release, International Center of Photography, Communications Department, 212.857.0045 info@icp.org Download press release PDF
ICP ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF EARLY VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Unidentified Photographer, Album Documenting Experiences at College, the Military, and in a Logging Camp, ca. 1900 (detail). Photo: International Center of Photography, Barbara Levine Collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- The International Center of Photography yesterday announced the acquisition of the Barbara Levine Collection of seventy-nine early vernacular photograph albums, dating from 1887 to 1938. Focusing on home and family life in the United States as well as travel abroad, it complements the museum’s rich holdings of vernacular photographs, especially its collection of African American family photo albums from the early twentieth-century. As a result of acquiring the Barbara Levine Collection, ICP will have the largest and most comprehensive click here to read full article
