Frank Battaglia photographs
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Abstract
Digitized photographs taken by retired freelance photographer Frank Battaglia of Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale in 1979 and the New York/Coney Island Polar Bear Club circa 1978-79.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Battaglia is a retired freelance photographer born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1954. Battaglia graduated with a BFA degree in fine art photography in 1979 from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Content Description
Thirty-two digitized photographs of Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, daughter of Edith Bouvier Beale and cousin of Jacqueline Onassis, in 1979 at Grey Gardens in East Hampton, New York. Thirty-six digitized photographs of the New York/Coney Island Polar Bear Club circa 1978-79 at Coney Island, New York. The digitzed photos were received from photographer Frank Battaglia on two CDs. All files are in JPG file format and were transferred off the CDs to N-YHS servers.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to qualified researchers. The digital images can be made available online for viewing only. To arrange to receive a link to the desired digital images, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.
The CDs that hold the original donated images are stored with the collection for context and back-up. Patrons may request to see the CDs, but they may not open the discs or files from the CDs. Only the digital files as preserved on N-YHS servers may be viewed.
Conditions Governing Use
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282. Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions.
Preferred Citation
The collection should be cited as: Frank Battaglia photographs, PR 429, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, New-York Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the photographer, Frank Battaglia, in 2016.
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Processing Information
Processed by digital archivist Margo Padilla in November 2021.
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Edie Beale, 1979
Scope and Contents
Thirty-two digitized photographs of Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, daughter of Edith Bouvier Beale and cousin of Jacqueline Onassis, in 1979 at Grey Gardens in East Hampton, New York. The collection includes many candid photos of Beale at home, as well as some posed portraits.
New York/Coney Island Polar Bear Club, 1978-1979, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Thirty-six digitized photographs of the New York/Coney Island Polar Bear Club circa 1978-79 at Coney Island, New York. The collection consists of candid photos of club members and onlookers socializing with each other on the beach.
CDs with images (RESTRICTED), 1978-1979, inclusive
Conditions Governing Use
This folder holds the 2 compact discs with the Battaglia images. The discs may be requested for context, but the files on the discs may not be accessed. Patrons may only use the preserved digital files listed above.