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Title
"Coon dawgling." Memphis, Tennessee
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lange, Dorothea

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1936-06
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 009490-E
Topics
Tennessee -- Memphis
Tennessee -- Shelby County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Date and title from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Description
Young African American man reclining on a bench in front of a fence with sign reading: "River shiners minnows and roaches."
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 22223
TMS Object Number: 009490-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f9cd9080-76f6-0136-2c4b-3d37817023d7
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1936: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. ""Coon dawgling." Memphis, Tennessee" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0aa2c430-76fa-0136-1e39-2d56aa7d4063

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. ""Coon dawgling." Memphis, Tennessee" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0aa2c430-76fa-0136-1e39-2d56aa7d4063

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1936). "Coon dawgling." Memphis, Tennessee Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0aa2c430-76fa-0136-1e39-2d56aa7d4063

Wikipedia Citation

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"Coon dawgling." Memphis, Tennessee