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Series I: FSA
Series III: Other Countries
Series IV: Politicians and Presidents
Series VII: Photographs, Other Creators
Series X: Personal Papers

Arthur Rothstein photographs, 1848-2000, bulk 1932-1985

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Series V: Life - United States

This series contains photographs taken by Rothstein for LOOK, Parade, and other publications, as well as photographs unrelated to his professional activities as photographer for the Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information. When available, information to the corresponding publication in which a photograph has appeared has been provided. The series is divided into the following subseries based on subject matter. Within each subseries, photographs are organized alphabetically by title, with bracketed supplied titles appearing first. Includes oversize material.

Subseries 1: People

Subseries I: People includes portraits of celebrities, performers, athletes, religious leaders, and other public figures (excepting elected officials, who appear in Series IV), social and sporting events, student life and colleges and universities (Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, and University of Wisconsin, among others), parades, circuses, musical performances, medical procedures, military activities (World War II and after), and other scenes of daily life. This series also includes a group of photographs of the adult Darrell Coble, who was pictured as a toddler in Rothstein's 1936 photographs of dust storm damage in Cimarron County, Oklahoma.


Box 24 Folder 01 [4-H club members with prize black angus calf, Oklahoma][2], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 35 Folder 03 [Acrobats] [oversize], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 24 Folder 02 [Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, and Cedric Adams sitting on couch, mirrored table in foreground, Oklahoma], 1954

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 24 Folder 03 [Assorted fashion photographs] [6], ca. 1940-?

Photographic print : 7 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 04 [Assorted portraits of farm bureau workers][3], ca. 1970s

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 05 [Assorted views of a belly dancing class][8], undated

Photographic print : 8 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 06 [Assorted views of a debutante ball, New York, NY][24], 1940

Photographic print : 24 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 07 [Assorted views of actress Mary Pickford with friends and associates] [5], undated

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 24 Folder 08 [Assorted views of Alastair Cooke, New York] [3], 1954

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 09 [Assorted views of American and USSR astronauts with model of Sputnik][3], 1950s

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 10 [Assorted views of Art Students League annual costume ball, New York] [2], 1953

Published: "Renaissance revel," Look, v. 17, no. 14, (July 14, 1953), p. 96-99

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 11 [Assorted views of astronauts] [2], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 11 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 12 [Assorted views of baseball player Stan Musial] [2], 1951

Published: "Stan Musial - ace of diamonds," produced by Tim Cohane, Look, v. 15, no. 16 (July 31, 1951), p. 34-411

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 13 [Assorted views of Captain Kangaroo, or Bob Keeshan, with goldfish bowl], 1955

Published: "Captain Kangaroo," Look, v. 20, no. 13 (June 26, 1956), p. 130, 132

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 14 [Assorted views of dancers, New York] [4], undated

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 15 [Assorted views of Darrell Coble and family members on his farm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma][6], 1978

Photographic print : 11 items : b&w and color ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 16 [Assorted views of Darrell Coble in Dallart, Texas twenty-five years after the Dust Bowl][2], 1961

Photographic print : 9 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 17 [Assorted views of fly fishing, Northern Maine] [5], 1951

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 18 [Assorted views of Grain exchange, Kansas City, Missouri] [12], 1976

Photographic print : 12 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 19 [Assorted views of Grand Coulee Dam, including one with nun and young girl, Washington] [2], 1952

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 20 [Assorted views of children on Halloween, New Rochelle, New York][2]**, 1981

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 21 [Assorted views of Jack Anderson, two with Charles Colson] [3], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 24 Folder 22 [Assorted views of Jane Alexander, several with Ed Sherrin, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts] [6], 1981

Photographic print : 6 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 24 Folder 23 [Assorted views of parades in New Rochelle, New York] [6], undated

Photographic print : 6 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 24 [Assorted views of physician examining Stanek quintuplets, Denver, Colorado] [3], 1974

Photographic print : 19 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 24 Folder 25 [Assorted views of Radcliffe women rowing crew on the Charles River, Boston, Massachusetts] [3], 1973

"Crew racing is becoming big sport for college women, or, College girls make a splash," by Herbert Kupferberg, Parade (Apr. 29, 1973), p. 18-20

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 01 [Assorted views of a student performance at PS 94, New York][2], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 02 [Assorted views of Tanaquil Leclercq, ballerina] [3], 1950

Photographic print : 14 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 25 Folder 03 [Assorted views of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois] [6], 1968

Photographic print : 8 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 25 Folder 04 [Assorted views of the Detroit Symphony, Detroit, Michigan] [5], 1952

Published: "The big business of good music," by Patricia Coffin, Look, v. 16, no. 8 (Apr. 8, 1952), pp. 32-34.

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 05 [Assorted views of Vivien Leigh] [2], 1952?

Published: Look, v. 16, no. 6 (Mar. 11, 1952), cover?

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 25 Folder 06 [Assorted views of women carrying large patriotic banner in parade, New York, NY] [2], ca. 1930s

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 07 [Assorted views of political events][3], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 08 [Auto racing -- winners Larry Kulok and Harry Grey celebrating with their pit crew, Sebring, Florida], 1952

Published: "A day and night at the races," Look, v. 16, no. 11 (May 20, 1952), p. 32-37.

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 09 [Bowling ball hitting pins], 1957

Published: "What happens when you bowl a strike," produced by Robert Wool, Look, v. 22, no. 2 (Jan. 21, 1958), p. 44-47

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 5 1/2 x 11 1/2


Box 25 Folder 10 [Boxer in between rounds], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 4 x 5 1/8


Box 25 Folder 11 [Brooklyn Dodgers fan at Ebbett's Field, Brooklyn, New York], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 12 [Bruno Walter conducting the Detroit symphony], 1952

Published: "The big business of good music," by Patricia Coffin, Look, v. 16, no. 8 (Apr. 8, 1952), pp. 32-34.

Photographic print : 29 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 25 Folder 13 [Busy waiter in restaurant], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 25 Folder 14 [Children eating ice cream, dog at center], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 1/ 2 x 12 1/2


Box 25 Folder 15 [Church choir singing], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 5 x 7 1/4


Box 25 Folder 16 [Circus act, seven men on horse waving flags], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 25 Folder 17 [Circus act, two female contortionists standing on hexagonal platform], 1952 or 1955

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 25 Folder 18 [Clarence Streit with grandsons, Long Island, New York], 1968

Photographic print : 27 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 25 Folder 19 [Cocker spaniel standing on, and posed next to, weight scale], 1957

Published: "For women only," Look, v. 21, no. 19 (Sept. 17, 1957), p. 110

Photographic print (contact sheet) : 1 item : b&w ; 8 1/2 x 11


Box 25 Folder 20 [College fraternity initiation], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 25 Folder 21 [Diana Ross, Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York], 1982

Photographic print : 10 items : b&w and color ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 25 Folder 22 [Diving into a swimming pool, Hollywood? California?], 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 01 [Family at a funeral], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 1/8 x 9 1/4


Box 26 Folder 02 [Farmer with grain in hand], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 03 [Female surgeon with scalpel, another surgeon in background], 1958?

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 04 [Four generations of women, grandmother seated], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 05 [Full-length portrait of Patrice Munsel posing in a costume], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 26 Folder 06 [Girl and boy eating cotton candy on boardwalk], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : 7 3/4 x 11 3/4


Box 26 Folder 07 [Girl holding pet chicken], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 08 [Group of men seated at table, playing dominoes], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 09 [Half-length portrait of Alex Haley holding a stack of photographs], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10 inches


Box 26 Folder 10 [Half-length portrait of J. Arthur Rank], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 11 [Half-length portrait of Patrice Munsel as Adele in Fledermaus], circa 1950

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 26 Folder 12 [Half-length portrait of Paul Newman tossing a salad], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : color ; 11 x 14


Box 26 Folder 13 [Half-length portrait of seated man gambling at table], undated

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 14 [How to keep burglars out of your home], 1973

Photographic print (contact sheet) : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 15 [Interior view of library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York], 1950

Photographic print : 21 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 16 [Interior view of woman's closet], 1940s

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 17 [Male surgeon with scalpel], 1958?

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 18 [Man attending to customer at barbershop, Florida], undated

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 19 [Man in kitchen holding crawfish], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 4 x 5 1/8


Box 26 Folder 20 [Man holding dart in right hand], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 35 Folder 04 [Man operating tractor] [oversize], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 12 x 15


Box 26 Folder 21 [Man receiving haircut], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 4 x 5 1/8


Box 26 Folder 22 [Man seated above bowling pins], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 4 x 5 1/8


Box 26 Folder 23 [Man taking measurements of the Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], 1950

Published: "Liberty bell: a symbol of freedom," Look, v. 14, no. 14 (July 4, 1950), p. 112

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 24 [Man with stacks of rifles to right], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 4 x 5 1/8


Box 36 Folder 02 [Mary Martin] [oversize], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 26 Folder 25 [Men lined up at bar], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 26 [Mother with three naked children in water], undated

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 27 [Model reclined at a life drawing class], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 7 3/4 x 9 1/4 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 28 [Oldest man at a family reunion, West Virginia], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 29 [Overhead view of cop, fire hydrant, children, and flooded street, New York, NY], ca. 1940s

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 30 [Overhead view of dogs and owners at the Westminster Kennel Club, New York, NY], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 31 [Overhead view of veterinarians operating on a horse], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 9 1/2 x 12 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 32 [Parade with children wearing tricorn hats, Williamsburg? Virginia?], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 33 [People riding rollercoaster], 1949

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 6 1/4 x 6 1/4


Box 26 Folder 34 [Pete Seeger surrounded by fans], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 7 x 9


Box 26 Folder 35 [Photomontage of boxing match], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 26 Folder 36 [Photomontage of Eartha Kitt], 1953?

Published: "Eartha Kitt," Look, v. 17, no. 20 (Oct. 6, 1953)

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 37 [Portrait of Whitney Young], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 26 Folder 38 [Portrait of a firefighter with "52" helmet, Boston, Massachusetts, 1978

Photographic print : 8 items : b&w and color ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 01 [Portrait of actress and singer Lily Pons], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 02 [Portrait of Barnaby Conrad with parrot on shoulder], 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 03 [Portrait of Burl Ives seated at table with bananas], undated

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 36 Folder 03 [Portrait of Burl Ives seated at table with bananas] [oversize], undated

Photographic print : 1 items : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 27 Folder 04 [Portrait of Dan Mich, editorial director of Look magazine], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 05 [Portrait of John Vachon], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 06 [Portrait of Leo Rosten], 1957?

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 07 [Portrait of Lowell Thomas], 1976

Photographic print : 7 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 36 Folder 04 [Portrait of Lowell Thomas] [oversize], 1976

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 27 Folder 08 [Portrait of man with mustache holding cigarette], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 09 [Portrait of Pope Paul VI], 1965

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 10 [Portrait of Russell Lee], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 11 [Portrait of Salvador Dali], 1951

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 12 [Portrait of two professors, Columbia University, New York, NY], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 13 [Sack race], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 7 1/8 x 9 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 14 [Salvation Army band on Fifth Avenue, New York, NY], 1966

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 15 [Sea cadets], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 27 Folder 16 [Soldier in front of muddy tank], ca. 1940s

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 17 [Soldiers standing in line], ca. 1940s

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 18 [Soldiers with oars in boat, on land], ca. 1940s

Photographic print : 6 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 19 [Spring baseball -- Team portrait of the Saint Louis Cardinals], 1952

Published: "Florida's highway to fun," Look, v. 16, no. 27 (December 30, 1952), p. 73

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 5 x 9 1/2


Box 27 Folder 20 [Student and professor in office, University of Chicago], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 27 Folder 21 [Texas beauty queens] [3], 1974

Published: "The town that grows beauty queens," by Don A. Schanche, Parade (Nov. 10, 1974), p. 7-10.

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 22 [Three boys in small boat reenacting Washington's crossing of the Delaware River], 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 27 Folder 23 [United States army recruits at Fort Bragg learning to salute, Fort Bragg, North Carolina], ca. 1951

Photographic print : 11 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 24 [United States army recruits at Fort Slocum, NY], ca. 1941

Photographic print : 10 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 25 [War news, Times Square, New York, NY], 1940

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 26 [Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell playing basketball in a game between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia Warriors (now Golden State Warriors), Boston, Massachusetts], 1959

Published: "Pro basketball has ganged up on me," by Wilt Chamberlain as told to Tim Cohane, Look, v. 24, no. 5 (March 1, 1960), p. 52-53

Photographic print : 1 item : b &w ; 8 x 10


Box 27 Folder 27 [Women, assorted][2], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 28 [Woman fishing], undated

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 29 [Woman seated, posed with photograph of couple]*, undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 27 Folder 30 [Women in marching band, "United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America" drum at center, Buffalo, NY], undated

Photographic print : 6 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 35 Folder 05 [Women in marching band, "United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America" drum at center, Buffalo, NY] [oversize], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 27 Folder 31 [Young child feeding white rabbit], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 7 1/8 x 9 or smaller


Box 27 Folder 32 [Young girl practicing tae kwon do], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 01 American soldiers in nightclub, Vienna, Austria, 1947

Photographic print : 61 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 28 Folder 02 Aquatennial Parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1947

Photographic print : 9 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 28 Folder 03 Artist sketching, cemetery of Saint Louis, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 04 Artists duel in French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 35 Folder 06 Bishop Fulton Sheen [oversize], 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 12 x 15


Box 28 Folder 05 Boxing fans at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, 1970

Photographic print : 16 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 28 Folder 06 Buying baby's new clothes, Best's department store, New York, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 07 Chaplain [John Dyson] Cannon and students at Columbia University, New York, NY, 1966

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 08 Charity Ball, New York, NY, 1951

Gelatin silver print : 15 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 28 Folder 09 College graduates, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1940

Photographic print : 17 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 28 Folder 10 Congressman Jim Wright of Texas in his office, Washington, D.C., 1977

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 11 Conversation with Rabbi Joshua Liebner, Boston, Massachusetts, 1947

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 12 Crawford Greenewalt (President of DuPont), 1960

Published: "Let's take pride in American science: an interview with Crawford H. Greenewalt," Look, v. 24, no. 21 (Oct. 11, 1960), p. 83

Photographic print: 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 28 Folder 13 Dancing class, New Rochelle, New York, 1964

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 28 Folder 14 Dorothy Donoghue, Traffic officer, Broadway and 34th Streets, New York, NY, 1974

Published: "The civilians who keep traffic moving," Parade (Mar. 31, 1974), p. 11-14

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 15 Eddie Lopat, pitcher, New York Yankees, 1954

Photographic print : 23 items : b&w and contact sheet ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 28 Folder 16 Eugene and Hannah Ludins, Woodstock, Vermont, undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 28 Folder 17 Expectant mother, 1940

Gelatin silver print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 28 Folder 18 Father and son at bicentennial parade, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1976

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 29 Folder 01 Father of Miss America, Texas, 1975

Photographic print : 17 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 29 Folder 02 Feeding Deer, Yosemite, California, 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w; 8 x 10


Box 29 Folder 03 Gamblers, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1947

Photographic print : 54 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 29 Folder 04 Gamblers, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1947

Photographic print : 64 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 29 Folder 05 Grandma Moses [i.e. Anna Mary Robertson Moses], Eagle Bridge, New York, 1956

Published: "Grandma Moses by the yard," Look, v. 20, no. 33 (Nov. 13, 1946), p. 124-126

Photographic print : 17 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 29 Folder 06 Hoosier box supper for Wendell Willkie, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 29 Folder 07 Igor Youskevitch, ballet dancer, New York, NY, 1950

Photographic print : 8 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 29 Folder 08 In the delivery room, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 01 Indian Chief, New Mexico, 1948

Photographic print : 21 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 02 Irving Berlin, 1955

Published: "Look annual movie awards," Look, v. 19, no. 6 (March 22, 1955), p. 102

Photographic print : 16 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 03 Jackie Robinson, ca. 1954-1956

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 04 Jimmy Durante, New York, NY, 1950

Photographic print : 47 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 05 Jockey Eddie Arcaro weighing in at Belmont, New York, 1940

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 06 Joe Pepper, soy bean farmer, Missouri, 1976

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 07 John Marin in his studio, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1947

Photographic print : 31 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 08 John Marin in his studio, Hoboken, New Jersey [alternate view], 1947

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10 inches


Box 30 Folder 09 Joseph Bonanno at his home in Tucson, Arizona, 1977

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 10 Lawyers leaving the United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., 1941

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 11 Learning new math, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1965

Photographic print : 17 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 12 Mailbox on the prairie, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1961

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 13 Mother of Miss America, Texas, 1975

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 14 Mormon pageant, Palmyra, New York, 1950

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 15 Oil derrick drillers, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [2], 1952

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 16 Outdoor band concert, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1950

Photographic print : 23 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 30 Folder 17 Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1950

Photographic print : 2 items : 8 x 10


Box 30 Folder 18 Rancher, Elko, Nevada, 1946

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 01 Refugees from Europe arrive in New York, 1946

Photographic print : 59 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 02 Runaway hotline series, Dallas, Texas [2], 1974

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 03 Running for the train, Grand Central Station, New York, 1956

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 04 Student demonstration, Columbia University, New York, 1968

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 05 Sunday service, East Monmouth, Maine, 1941

Photographic print : 15 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 06 Test for cardiovascular fitness at health clinic, Greenbriar, North Carolina [4], 1976

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 07 The first day of school, New York City, 1950

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 31 Folder 08 The new baby carriage, undated

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 09 Tourists at Grauman's Theatre, Hollywood, California, 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 10 Trapeze act, Ringling Brothers circus, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 1955

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 11 Undercover cop series, New York, NY [4], 1976

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 12 Unemployed youth, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940

Photographic print : 7 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 13 Unemployed youth at a movie theater, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 14 Wisconsin dairyland [boy and girl with calf], 1958

Published: "America's new Middle West: Wisconsin: land of milk and honey," Look, v. 22, no. 20 (Sept. 30, 1958), p. 44-45

Photographic print : 2 items : b & w ; 9 x 12


Box 31 Folder 15 Young traveler at Union Station, Washington, D.C., 1941

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 16 Yousuf Karsh, 1978

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10

Subseries 2: Landscape and Built Environment

Subseries II: Landscape and built environment consists of photographs in which landscape predominates, although some may still include people. Includes photographs of the natural landscape, including the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Coast, cityscapes, storefronts, and street scenes.


Box 31 Folder 17 [Assorted street views featuring the Congo Tire Company, Tenth Avenue and Eighteenth Street, New York] [2], 1979

Photographic print : 2 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 18 [Assorted views of downtown Manhattan, including the Statue of Liberty and the New York Stock Exchange] [5], ca. 1940s

Photographic print : 7 items : b&w ; 10x10 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 19 [Assorted views of steam engines, New York, NY] [3], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 20 [Assorted views of the Grand Canyon, Arizona][3], ca. 1952

Photographic print : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 21 [Bear on the road in Yosemite National Park, California], 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 22 [Boulder Dam, Clark County, Nevada], 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 23 [Fisheye view of Alma Mater statue at Columbia University, New York, NY], 1966

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 24 [Lumber baron's house, or, Ingomar Club, Eureka, California], 1952

Photographic print : 6 items : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller


Box 31 Folder 25 [View of a Manzanita tree, California], ca. 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 35 Folder 07 [View of New York Stock Exchange, New York, NY], 1950s

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 31 Folder 26 [View of street, Oakford and Farmstock Wholesale Grocers building], ca. 1940s

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 27 Capitol, Seattle, Washington, 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 28 Continental divide, Clear Creek, Colorado, 1946

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 29 Cows crossing the road, Pennsylvania, 1946

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 31 Folder 30 Frogs in the lily pond, 1972

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 32 Folder 01 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, 1946

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 02 Jackson Square, New Orleans, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 03 Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1976

Photographic print : 18 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 32 Folder 04 Main Street, Reno, Nevada, 1946

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 05 Newspaper Office, Boise City, Oklahoma, 1961

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 06 Pacific Ocean at Big Sur, California, 1950

Photographic print : 14 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 35 Folder 08 Pacific Ocean at Big Sur, California [oversize], 1950

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 32 Folder 07 Route 66, ca. 1952

Photographic print : 1 item : bawd ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 08 The Rocky mountains and Uncompaghre River near Ouray, Colorado, 1952

Photographic print : 107 items ; b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 35 Folder 09 The Rocky mountains and Uncompaghre River near Ouray, Colorado, 1952

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 16 x 20


Box 32 Folder 09 Stockyard, Elko, Nevada, 1946

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 10 Trinity Church, May 16, 1947, New York, New York, 1947

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10


Box 32 Folder 11 Washington Square, New York, New York, 1940

Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 8 x 10

Subseries 3: Still life

Subseries III: Still life includes images of flowers and other plant matter, fruit and vegetables, assorted food products, tabletop displays, and other objects. Considerable amount of color photographs, some of which are likely related to Rothstein's research and work in three-dimensional photography techniques. Many are oversized. There are also a small number of photograms in this series.


Box 33 Folder 01 [Assorted photograms of arrangements of pasta products] [3], ca. 1950s

Published: "Variations on macaroni," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 23, no. 3

Photogram : 5 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 33 Folder 02 [Assorted still life and nature photography] [13], 1958

Photographic print : 26 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 33 Folder 03 [Flags], undated

Photographic print : 2 items : color ; 11 x 14


Box 33 Folder 04 [Stack of gum trading cards, midair], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w ; 11 x 14


Box 33 Folder 05 [Still life of a glass filled with champagne], 1959

Published: "California plenty: wine and food: big business," by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 23, no. 20 (Sept. 29, 1959), p. 60-62

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w and color ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 33 Folder 06 [Still life of a sapelia flower, part of a series entitled "Weird Flowers (carnivorous)"], 1961

Published: "The flower boom," produced by Isabella Taves, Look, v. 30, no. 6 (Mar. 22, 1966), p. 83

Photographic print : 4 items : b&w ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 33 Folder 07 [Still life of an avocado half filled with herbs, capers, and a vinaigrette], 1967

Published: "The unexploited avocado," by Elizabeth Alston, Look, v. 31, no. 11 (May 30, 1967), p. 76-77

Photographic print : 3 items : color ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 33 Folder 08 [Still life of artichokes], 1957

Published: "The artichoke," Look, v. 22, no. 5 (Mar. 4, 1958), p. 46-47

Photographic print : 8 items : b&w and color ; 11 x 14


Box 33 Folder 09 [Still life of bananas, coconuts, and other tropical fruits], undated

Photographic print : 3 items : color ; 11 x 14


Box 35 Folder 10 [Still life of chocolate] [oversize], 1959

Published: "Chocolate: America's favorite flavor," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look v. 23, no. 18 (Sept. 1, 1959), p. 40-41

Photographic print : 1 item : color ; 15 1/2 x 19 1/5


Box 35 Folder 11 [Still life of fish and chips wrapped in newspaper] [oversize], 1960

Published: "Fish and chips," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 25, no. 3 (Jan. 31, 1961), p. 50-51

Photographic print : 1 item : color ; 15 1/2 x 19 1/3


Box 35 Folder 12 [Still life of honeycomb] [oversize], 1957

Published: "Honey," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 22, no. 3 (Feb. 4, 1958), p. 48-49

Photographic print : 2 items : color ; 15 1/2 x 19 1/4


Box 35 Folder 13 [Still life of Italian food] [oversize], undated

Photographic print mounted on board : 1 item : color ; 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 (photograph), 12 x 16 1/2 (with mat)


Box 33 Folder 10 [Still life of peanuts in burlap bags near a weighing scale], 1958

Published: "Peanuts," Look, v. 22, no. 16 (Aug. 5, 1958), p. 38-39

Photographic print : 3 items : b&w and color ; 11 x 14 or smaller


Box 35 Folder 14 [Still life of peanuts in burlap bags near a weighing scale] [oversize], 1958

Published: "Peanuts," Look, v. 22, no. 16 (Aug. 5, 1958), p. 38-39

Photographic print : 1 item : color ; 14 1/2 x 18 1/4


Box 35 Folder 15 [Still life of red, green, and yellow tomatoes] [oversize], 1952

Published: "The changing tomato," Look, v. 16, no. 16 (July 29, 1952), p. 82-83

Photographic print mounted on board : 1 item : color ; 8 x 10 1/4 (photograph), 12 x 16 1/2 (with mat)


Box 33 Folder 11 [Still life of rose with dewdrops], undated

Photographic print : 1 item : color ; 11 x 14


Box 33 Folder 12 [Still life of sliced endives, blue background], 1967

Published: "Endive," Look, v. 31, no. 7 (Apr. 4, 1967), p. 82

Photographic print : 1 item : color ; 11 x 14


Box 35 Folder 16 [Still life of strawberries in a crystal serving dish], 1959

Published: "Strawberries," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 23, no. 13 (June 23, 1959), p. 90-91 [oversize]

Photographic print : 2 items : color ; 14 1/2 x 18 1/4


Box 35 Folder 17 [Still life of table with assorted fruit] [oversize], undated

Photographic print mounted on board : 1 item : color ; 10 1/4 x 13 (photograph), 12 x 16 1/2 (with mat)


Box 35 Folder 18 [Still life of tea in wooden crates], 1959

Published: "The manly art of making tea," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 24, no. 2 (Jan. 19, 1960), p. 54-55

Photographic print mounted on board : 1 item : color ; 9 1/4 x 13 (photograph), 12 x 16 1/2 (with mat)


Box 33 Folder 13 [Still life of whole and halved nectarines], 1961

Published: "Nectarines," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 26, no. 15 (July 17, 1962), p. 47

Photographic print : 6 items : color ; 11 1/2 x 15 or smaller


Box 35 Folder 19 [Still life with canned fish and seafood], 1962

Published: "Canned fish," produced by Marilyn Kaytor, Look, v. 26, no. 19 (Sept. 11, 1962), p. 58-59 [oversize]

Photographic print : 1 item : color ; 15 1/2 x 19 1/2