- unitid
-
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1996-023", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22746", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20784603", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1924-1950", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1924/1950"}
{"value"=>"1925-1933", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1925/1933"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1924
- date_inclusive_end
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1950
- keydate
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1924
- date_start
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1924
- date_end
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1950
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Mara Spitzer drawings"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.2 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Mara Spitzer was an American caricaturist for newspapers and magazines. The collection dates from 1924 to 1950 and contains caricatures of actors and actresses from the 1920s and 1930s; drawings and sketches; and a scrapbook with clippings of Spitzer's published work."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Mara Spitzer drawings, *T-Vim 1996-023. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Spitzer, Mara", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Mara Spitzer was an American caricaturist and illustrator. She studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art and The School of Fine Arts in Paris. Between the 1920s and 1940s, Spitzer created hundreds of caricatures of actors and actresses that accompanied news stories in newspapers and magazines, such as <span class=\"title\">The New York Sun</span>, <span class=\"title\">The New York Evening World</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Morning Telegraph</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Brooklyn Eagle</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The New York Herald Tribune</span>.</p> <p>Mara Spitzer also went by Mara Baird and Mara Koehler.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from 1924 to 1950 and contains caricatures of actors and actresses from the 1920s and 1930s; drawings and sketches; and a scrapbook with clippings of Spitzer's published work. The caricatures were primarily done in pencil, charcoal, and ink. Among the several actors and actresses illustrated are Frank Monroe, Elizabeth Risdon, Lester Allen, Grace Brinkley, Estelle Winwood, Ruth Gordon, Ernest Glendinning, Blanche Yurka, Linda Watkins, and Frank Craven. Other works include gesture drawings, sketches of film or play scenes, and watercolor fashion illustrations.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the Estate of Mara Baird Koehler, 1996.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Robyn Hjermstad</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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1.2 linear feet (4 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1925
- date_bulk_end
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1933