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Series I. Photographic Prints, 2014-2015, 2017, inclusive

Extent

1.5 Linear feet in two flat files

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ten 16x20" color photographs of subway performers taken by Kurt Boone mostly in 2015 (one was taken in 2014) as part of his "Subway Beats" project. In addition, there are two posters advertising a related 2017 exhibition of Boone's photographs, Music in the Tunnels, held at Quimby's Bookstore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The specific photographs in the collection are itemized in the container list below. Titles, dates and locations used in this finding aid are not found on the photographs themselves, but were provided by Kurt Boone in the collection's transactional documents

Arrangement

The photographs are arranged in the container list alphabetically by title, with posters at the end of the list. Purchased photographs are in a separate folder from donated photographs.

Accordion Player, 2015

Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: 42nd Street/6th Avenue

Alice Tan Ridley, 2015

Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: 42nd Street/Times Square

Ebony Hillbillies, 2015

Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: Times Square/42nd Street

Jeff Masing (One Man Band), 2015 April 19

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: MTA Music Union Square/14th Street Station Stage

Larry Wright & Sonia Wright, 2015

Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: Union Square

Maxidekalu, 2014 June 9

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: MTA Music Times Square/42nd Street Station Stage

Mike Groisman, 2015 March 30

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: MTA Music Times Square/42nd Street Station Stage

Rosa Teresa, 2015 May 20

Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: 23rd Street and 6th Avenue Station.

The Silver Cowboy (Three Dancers in Paint), 2015 February 24

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: Times Square/42nd Street Station

Trumpet Player (Artist Name Unknown), 2015 April 11

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Location: 59th Street and Lexington Avenue Station

Poster for the Music in the Tunnels photo exhibition at Quimby's Bookstore in Brooklyn., 2017

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Poster features a photo of the Saw Lady, subway performer.

Poster for the Music in the Tunnels photo exhibition at Quimby's Bookstore in Brooklyn, 2017

Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Poster features a photo of Rosa Teresa, subway performer.

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024