| LC control no. | n 78019263 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beals, Jessie Tarbox |
| Variant(s) | Beals, Jessie Tarbox, 1870-1942 |
| Biography/History note | Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942) was a photographer in New York. She was the first female news photographer in the United States. |
| Birth date | 1870-12-23 |
| Death date | 1942-05-30 |
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Ont. |
| Place of death | New York, N.Y. |
| Profession or occupation | photographer |
| Found in | Alland, A. Picture taken ... 1978 (subj.) t.p. (Jessie Tarbox Beals) N.Y. times, from memo (d. 1942, aged 71) NUCMC data from Ball State University for Trowbridge and Beals collection, ca. 1923-1936 (Jessie Tarbox Beals; 1870-1942; regarded as first woman press photographer; lived and worked in N.Y.C. between 1905-1928; later in California, Chicago and back to N.Y.C.) Library of Congress Prints & Photographs website, July 18, 2011: Jessie Tarbox Beals page (b. Dec. 23, 1870 in Hamilton, Ont.; d. May 30, 1942 in New York, N.Y.; first female news photographer in United States; teacher in Williamsburg and Greenfield, Mass.; m. 1897 to Alfred Tennyson Beals, divorce in 1924; lived in New York, 1905-1942) |
| Associated language | eng |
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