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Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington

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

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Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington
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Paul Robeson portrait collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1952
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Robeson, Paul
Topics
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
African American political activists
African American singers
African American actors
African American motion picture actors and actresses
Immigration stations -- Washington (State) -- Blaine
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: Paul Robeson in Blaine, Washington, near the United States and Canadian border, where he had been denied admission into Canada to address a meeting of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1952. He would later that year give a concert for the union in Peace Arch Park, in Blaine, which could be heard on both sides of the international border.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527529
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50cd5ad0-c5f2-012f-d449-58d385a7bc34
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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

  • 1952: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/79c74cb6-f663-ec7f-e040-e00a18065e1a

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/79c74cb6-f663-ec7f-e040-e00a18065e1a

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1952). Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/79c74cb6-f663-ec7f-e040-e00a18065e1a

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Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington