{"value"=>"<p>The General Subjects series documents the work Hansen was asked to do for various clients, including local businesses, assorted individuals and institutions, and some unidentified organizations. Also included are legal and commercial photographs, as well as some of his freelance photojournalism work that was published in New York's African American newspapers, such as the <span class=\"title\">People's Voice</span>. Work done for specific organizations, churches, or weddings is located in the Organizations, Churches, and Weddings series. Images from the General Subjects series include: views of automobile accidents; fires; police and firefighting crews responding to emergencies; views of cotillions; assorted bars and nightclubs; beauty contests; fashion shows and models; and numerous businesses, mostly in Harlem, including banks, restaurants, beauty shops, grocery and liquor stores, and insurance companies.</p> <p>Also included are examples of commercial photography, such as exhibits and displays, advertisements for products, and copy prints of artwork and documents; funerals and wakes; street scenes and architectural views of Harlem; individual buildings, monuments, parks and bridges; legal photography, for various clients and attorneys, depicting accidents, physical injuries, and unsafe housing conditions; candid and formal portraits of bands, gospel and vocal groups, and musicians; anniversaries, birthday celebrations and parties for social groups; the officers and activities of the New York City Police Department 32nd Precinct, from a period covering the mid-1940s to the early 1980s; professional schools in Harlem including beauty, music, dance, and business schools; sports teams and athletes; and various events including marches, demonstrations, parades, and rallies in and around Harlem.</p> <p>Many images show portraits and group portraits of community and business leaders, office and store employees, students, and numerous graduation classes. Among the events Hansen depicted are views of the marchers and Resurrection City at the Poor People's Campaign March on Washington, D.C., in May 1968, and participants in the Joe Louis Day Parade, 1946.</p> <p>Among the subjects depicted include staff portraits and activities of businesses such as Webb and Brooker Realty, Carver Federal Savings Bank, the law firm of Walker and Bailey, and United Mutual Life Insurance; classes and graduation portraits of the Washington Business Institute and the Apex School of Beauty Culture; recitals and group portraits of Carmen Sheppard's music school and Mary Bruce's dance school, the latter of which includes views of her farm, Brucewood; and views of the 369th Infantry depicting troops and officers, military reviews and ceremonies, and a military funeral at St. Philip's Episcopal Church.</p> <p>Other images include the arrival of Captain Eldridge Waith at the 32nd Precinct House as the precinct's first African-American police captain; Coretta Scott King visiting the Schomburg Center on January 22, 1978; models from Brandford Models, Inc., with agency founder Edward Brandford, attending the National Model of the Year Awards, circa 1958; and views of a fire at 221 W. 126th Street and the tenants who had leapt from the burning building, August 6, 1960.</p>"}