- unitid
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{"value"=>"186201", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"SCP 186201", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22998198", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1940-1999", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1999"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Everett Redd photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.46 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Everett Redd (1924-2006) was a Black motorcycle enthusiast and member of the Chosen Few Motorcycle Club. The photographs in this collection contain images of Redd's life, particularly his membership in motorcycle clubs in Los Angeles, California. Materials include prints, negatives, and scrapbooks that span from approximately the 1940s through the 1990s, and hold pictures of events and gatherings with Redd's family as well as other bikers."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Redd, Everett", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>This Biographical note was originally written by Lauren Stark in 2019, with some edits by Emily P. Dunne in 2023.</p> <p>Everett Redd was born on June 7, 1924, in Goodman, Mississippi. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, after which he relocated to Los Angeles, California. Over the years, he was employed by an unspecified plant and the County of Los Angeles' Building Services Department.</p> <p>Redd was a member of the Chosen Few Motorcycle Club based in Los Angeles. The Chosen Few was founded in 1959 by an all Black membership, but in 1960 became one of the first mixed-race motorcycle clubs. While Redd was a member of the Chosen Few, he earned the nickname \"Sexy.\"</p> <p>Redd and his brother, Sherman, ran a maintenance business in Los Angeles. He also managed and possibly owned a motorcycle bar and clubhouse called The Tropical Inn, where the club would host dances and other gatherings. According to Redd's memorial service program, he started a motorcycle magazine in 1964 called <span class=\"title\">BAM Motorcycle</span>. He also wrote a newsletter for bikers, <span class=\"title\">The Tropical Weekly News</span>; edited and wrote for the <span class=\"title\">Bronze Motorcycle News Bulletin</span>; and drafted the by-laws for the Universal Motorcycle Association. Redd died in Los Angeles, California on January 19, 2006.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Everett Redd photographs date approximately from the 1940s through the 1990s. The photographs are divided into Personal and Motorcycle Club files. The collection holds loose prints, negatives, and scrapbooks.</p> <p>Personal photographs include loose prints and a scrapbook. Images depict Redd in Army uniform, his family, funerals, and vacations to the Hoover Dam, Florida, and Las Vegas in the 1980s. There are also some photographs of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.</p> <p>The Motorcycle Club photographs represent the majority of the collection. These images portray Redd's participation in gatherings hosted by various Motorcycle Clubs, such as the Tropical Inn. Most of the loose prints and negatives are from the 1980s, and are arranged alphabetically by type of event. Events include award ceremonies, dances, funerals, parties, rallies, and weddings. The scrapbooks compile photographs of Redd and club members in the 1960s through the 1990s.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Boo-Hooray in 2019.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred from the Everett Redd papers in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Emily P. Dunne</span> in <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1940
- keydate
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1940
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1940
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- extent_statement
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1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Everett Redd photographs, Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}