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Call Number:

PH-01973

Collection Name:

Susan Meiselas Photography Collection

Creator:

Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -

No. of Items:

21 photographs

Span Dates:

1973-1975, 2001

Description:

The collection consists of twenty-one photographs by Susan Meiselas (American, born 1948) from her Carnival Strippers series. Also included is one chromogenic color print. Select item-level information follows.

2003:0015:0002 -- Liberty Plaza, New York, September 11, 2001. Chromogenic color print;


2009:0018:0001 -- The Girl Show, Barton, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0002 -- Competing for Clients, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1975;
2009:0018:0003 -- Lena on the Bally Box, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1973;
2009:0018:0004 -- Teen Dream, Woodstock, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1973;
2009:0018:0005 -- Gawker, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0006 -- Lulu and Debbie, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0007 -- Tentful of Marks, Tunbridge, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0008 -- The Star, Tunbridge, from the series Carnival Strippers, Vermont, 1975;
2009:0018:0009 -- Mitzi, Tunbridge, from the series Carnival Strippers, Vermont, 1974;
2009:0018:0010 -- Candy, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1973;
2009:0018:0011 -- The Managers, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0012 -- The Bally call, Tunbridge, VT, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0013 -- Shortie on the Bally, Barton, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0014 -- The Wives, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0015 -- Young Gawker, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0016 -- Through the Dressing Room, Barton, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1974;
2009:0018:0017 -- First Dance, Presque Isle, Maine, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1973;
2009:0018:0018 -- Extra Girl, Fryeburg, Maine, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1975;
2009:0018:0019 -- Ginger, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1975;
2009:0018:0020 -- Lena’s First Day, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers, 1973.

Accession No(s):

2003:0015:0002; 2009:0018:0001-0020; 2009:0018:0001-0020 -- Gift, 2009

Location(s):

M Box, Medium (2003:0015:0002)
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1 osb, Box 1 (2009:0018:0001-0020)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Liberty Plaza, New York, September 11, 2001
Date 11 September 2001
Medium Chromogenic color print
Accession
Number		 2003:0015:0002
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title The Girl Show, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0001
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Competing for Clients, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1975
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0002
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Lena on the Bally Box, Essex Junction, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1973
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0003
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Teen Dream, Woodstock, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1973
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0004
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Gawker, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0005
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Lulu and Debbie, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0006
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Tentful of Marks, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0007
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title The Star, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1975
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0008
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Mitzi, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0009
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Candy, Essex Junction, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1973
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0010
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title The Managers, Essex Junction, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0011
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title The Bally Stage, Tunbridge, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0012
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Shortie on the Bally, Barton, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0013
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title The Wives, Essex Junction, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0014
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Young Gawker, Essex Junction, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0015
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Through the Dressing Room, Barton, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1974
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0016
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title First Dance, Presque Isle, Maine from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1973
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0017
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Extra Girl, Fryeburg, Maine from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1975
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0018
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Ginger, Carlisle, Pennsylvania from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1975
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0019
Artist/Maker Meiselas, Susan, 1948 - , active 1971 -
Title Lena’s First Day, Essex Junction, Vermont from the series Carnival Strippers
Date 1973
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in
Accession
Number		 2009:0018:0020

See Also:

Inside El Salvador Photography Collection: Inside El Salvador collection (2006:0003:0001-0070)