Photographs of New York City and Puerto Rico
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Abstract
Depictions of African Americans and Puerto Ricans living in New York City, from 1947 to 1951, and of workers and their families in Puerto Rico, in 1952, consisting of candid shots and group portraits of children, women, families, musicians, and mostly male laborers; and views of New York families at leisure, street life, construction projects, housing and living conditions, sugar cane field workers, sugar refinery workers, salt flat workers, female laundry and sewing workers, and dwellings in urban and coastal environments. A candid shot of the photographer in Puerto Rico (1952) is included. Some images are only available as contact sheets.
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Date created: 1947
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Portfolio (Lachatañeré, R.)