Claude Bragdon scenic designs

id
1151
origination
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946
date statement
1923-1938
key date
1923
identifier (local_mss)
22055
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 2010-047
b-number
b18930176
total components
18
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:06 UTC
updated
2022-09-26 15:10:32 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
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unittitle
{"value"=>"Claude Bragdon scenic designs"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1923-1938", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1923/1938"}
physdesc
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date_inclusive_start
1923
date_inclusive_end
1938
origination
{"value"=>"Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Artist", "role_code"=>"art"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Architect, stage designer, and writer Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) worked as an architect in Rochester, New York City, and Buffalo, before moving to New York City in 1923, where he worked primarily as stage designer. Bragdon designed for several shows produced by actor and theatrical manager Walter Hampden. Bragdon was also the author of several books on architecture, design, and theosophy.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>88 original designs and 4 prints, for 11 productions on which Claude Bragdon collaborated with Walter Hampden from 1923-1938. Includes a doorway design by Bragdon, and his own signs and captions for an exhibition of his scene and costume designs in 1938.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
note
{"value"=>"<p>The scenic designs for Hamlet by Shakespeare include 4 prints</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
keydate
1923
prefercite
{"value"=>"Claude Bragdon scenic designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}
extent_statement
2 boxes (92 drawings) : col ; 65 x 85 cm. or smaller
abstract
{"value"=>"Architect, stage designer, and writer Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) worked as an architect in Rochester, New York City, and Buffalo, before moving to New York City in 1923, where he worked primarily as stage designer. Bragdon designed for several shows produced by actor and theatrical manager Walter Hampden. Bragdon was also the author of several books on architecture, design, and theosophy. 88 original designs and 4 prints, for 11 productions on which Claude Bragdon collaborated with Walter Hampden from 1923-1938. Includes a doorway design by Bragdon, and his own signs and captions for an exhibition of his scene and costume designs in 1938.", "generated"=>true}
date_start
1923
date_end
1938

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