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[Identification of item], Henry Haberman Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Henry Haberman Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2010.
Processed by Richard Collier, September 2011
Encoded by Richard Collier, October 2011
Accession 2010-0226 is described in this finding aid.
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Henry Haberman was born in 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. He was trained at the New School and the Brooklyn Museum Art School before opening the Habershaw studio in New York City in 1945 with partner Frank Gershaw. Haberman worked as a commercial photographer primarily in advertising until retiring in 1972, and was the recipient of several advertising photography awards. From 1967-1984 Haberman traveled extensively, photographing approximately 40 countries. He became a full-time artist after retiring, showing his paintings in galleries in Mexico. He died in 2008.
The Henry Haberman Papers span the years 1945-2002 and include photographs, slides, negatives and print advertisements that document Haberman's work as a photographer in the advertising, fashion and travel fields. Companies represented include Armstrong floors, Bausch & Lomb, B.F. Goodrich, British American Tobacco (Lucky Strike), Cannon, Chatham blankets, Cover Girl (Noxell), DuPont, First National City Bank, General Electric, New York Telephone, Northeast Air, Pepsi, R.J. Reynolds and Shaefer beer.
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[Numbers included in photograph descriptions were transcribed from the original containers.]
[593: Canada, mountains, Guatemala; 592: Africa, Kenya, Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia), France; 159: California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, San Miguel]
[594: Paris; 1196: Couple on beach, Lisbon, Paris, Tenerife, Vienna, Athens; 1195: India, Kashmir, Nepal, Bangkok]
[1197: Copenhagen, London; 1198: Rome, Sicily, Palermo; 1199: France]
[1200: India, Kashmir, Tivoli Gardens, Rabat, Morocco, Tunis]
[885-886: Greece; 7001: Hong Kong]
[7002: Japan; 7003: Paris, Spain, Gibraltar]
[1: Niagara Falls, Toronto; 5: Ottowa, Montreal; 6: Ottowa, Montreal, Parliament, Changing of the Guards, St. Anne de Beaupré; 7: Quebec, Jacque Cartier Square, Old Montreal, St. Anne river]