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View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939

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Image ID

2014188


Item data

Title

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939

Collection

Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes
Harlem
Harlem, 1930s
Small businesses, including a billiard hall, clothing store, grocers, a newsstand and shoe shine

Names

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) (Sponsor)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1939-03-23

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes

Subjects

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Business enterprises -- New York (N.Y.)
African Americans -- Clothing & dress -- New York (N.Y.)
African Americans -- Social life -- New York (N.Y.)
Commercial streets -- New York (N.Y.)
Storefronts -- New York (N.Y.)

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Extent: 26 x 21 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15580587
Archives ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3381188
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 001e41e0-c6e9-012f-76c4-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/001e41e0-c6e9-012f-76c4-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/001e41e0-c6e9-012f-76c4-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/001e41e0-c6e9-012f-76c4-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/001e41e0-c6e9-012f-76c4-3c075448cc4b | title= (still image) View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939 (1939) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=November 12, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>