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Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest

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

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The Inter-state Tattler photograph collection

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Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest

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Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest
Collection

The Inter-state Tattler photograph collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1930 - 1939 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Inter-state Tattler
Topics
African American periodicals
Beauty contestants
Beauty contests
African Americans -- Clothing & dress -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.) -- 1930-1939
African Americans -- Social life -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.) -- 1930-1939
Genres
Photographs
Group portraits
Notes
Content: Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest, held at a Harlem nightclub, ca. early 1930s. The Tattler's managing editor, Bennie Butler, stands at far left.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12478582
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3da3ff10-c605-012f-72a8-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1930: Created (Approximate)
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930 - 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2c5767-51da-f6f5-e040-e00a18063932

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2c5767-51da-f6f5-e040-e00a18063932

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1930 - 1939). Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2c5767-51da-f6f5-e040-e00a18063932

Wikipedia Citation

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Group portrait of contestants at an Inter-state Tattler sponsored beauty contest