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View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Housing

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Harlem urban renewal projects - Riverton

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Views of completed housing units

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View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949

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Title
View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949
Collection

Housing

Harlem urban renewal projects - Riverton

Views of completed housing units

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1949-06
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Housing
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Housing / Box 2
Topics
African Americans -- Housing
Riverton Houses (New York, N.Y.)
African Americans -- Housing
Apartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York
Playgrounds
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Handwritten note on verso: June '49 Riverton.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-F230
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15827555
Photo Order: 54483
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b7fffad0-e133-0132-1620-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1949: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1949. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21b87850-e203-0132-793a-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21b87850-e203-0132-793a-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1949). View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21b87850-e203-0132-793a-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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View of the Riverton Houses looking north from the Abraham Lincoln Playground, 1949