- unitid
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{"value"=>"185596", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 21-0018", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22974710", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1949-1969", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1949/1969"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Peter Basch photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"16 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.08 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Peter Basch was a portrait photographer who specialized in studio or \"glamour\" photography. This collection includes photographs and negatives of portraits of dancers in New York City in the 1950s and early 1960s."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Basch, Peter", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Peter Basch (1921-2004) was a photographer born in Berlin, Germany, and later based in New York City. His family moved to New York in 1933, recognizing the rising anti-Semitic sentiments and laws in Germany. The family relocated to California, where Basch assisted the Hollywood photographer Laszlo Willinger. Basch then attended high school in England until returning to the United States to join the army. Basch served in the United States Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit as a script boy.</p> <p>Upon returning to New York City, Basch's parents decided he should be a photographer and obtained a photography studio for Basch to work. Basch spent the rest of the 1950s and 1960s establishing his career as a magazine photographer, creating images for actors, dancers, and celebrities. His work appeared in magazines such as <span class=\"title\">Dance Magazine</span>, <span class=\"title\">Life</span>, <span class=\"title\">Look</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Playboy</span>. Basch published a book of his work titled <span class=\"title\">Stars!</span> in 2003, the year before his death.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Peter Basch photographs date from the 1949 to 1969. This collection focuses on his dance photography, particularly studio portraits of individual dancers. There are a significant number of photographs of the dancer and choreographer José Limón, including portraits and documentation of his choreographic work. Basch also made several studio portraits of ballet dancers, including every dancer in the American Ballet Theatre company in 1951. In addition, this collection also includes some photographs of opera singers and performances, models, belly dancers, and performances in nightclubs, particularly The Hawaiian Room in New York City.</p> <p>Basch created many of these images for <span class=\"title\">Dance Magazine</span>, <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> and other publications.</p> <p>The collection is divided into two groupings: Dancers and Companies; and Performances. The folders are then arranged alphabetically.</p> <p>The collection is primarily made up of contact sheets and negatives. There are some 11 x 14\" prints, some of which have been mounted on board.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Peter Basch in 1970.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Emily P. Dunne</span> in <span class=\"date\">2021</span></p>"}
- date_start
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1949
- keydate
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1949
- date_end
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1969
- date_inclusive_start
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1949
- date_inclusive_end
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1969
- extent_statement
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6.08 linear feet (16 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Peter Basch photographs, *MGZEB 21-0018. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}