Harry Jacobs, Photographer

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): 1999/16

Title: Harry Jacobs, Photographer

Date(s): 1950s - 1980s

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 19 boxes

CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): Harry Jacobs

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CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: Thousands of photographs of individuals, almost all of whom are of African-Caribbean origin. The images are studio shots of people of all ages, the styles of whose clothes and hair reflect the changing fashions of the last thirty years. There are no dates or biographical details of the subjects

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CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

Conditions governing access: Restricted access. Please contact the Archives in the first instance.

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Language/scripts of material: English

Physical characteristics: in good condition

Finding aids: No guide or list is available

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Interest: Caribbean

Specific group: African-Caribbean peoples

Subjects

Photography

African-Caribbean peoples

Personal/Corporate names

Jacobs, Harry

Places

Brixton, London, United Kingdom