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Gordon Coster photograph collection
This record forms part of the Chicago’s Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource project funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art. For this project, the Archives surveyed archival repositories throughout the Chicago region to identify art-related materials contained in their holdings. While the Archives of American Art does not own any of the materials described herein, information about those materials and links to the original repositories have been included when available.
Descriptive Summary
Approximately 25,500 photographic prints, 10 boxes of nitrate negatives, more than 67,800 negatives in various mediums, approximately 14,850 transparencies in various mediums, 22 motion picture film reels, and 1 box of non-graphic material primarily by Gordon Coster for commercial and fashion assignments. Included is a small component of work done by Institute of Design students under Coster's tutelage (1946–1960) and by professional photographers such as Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Andreas Feininger, George Hurrell, and Wallace Kirkland.