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In the time of water melon.

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Image ID

1169427


Item data

Title

In the time of water melon.

Collection

Plantation sketches

Names

Phillips, J. Campbell, 1873-1948 or 1949 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York,
Publisher: R. H. Russell

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 741.5-P (Phillips, J. C. Plantation sketches)

Subjects

Plantation life
African Americans -- Social life and customs
United States -- Social conditions
Watermelons
African American children

Genres

Prints

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints

Identifiers

Barcode: 33433030890432
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR4345856-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11678230
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0d931e10-c6c0-012f-fa6c-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1899

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "In the time of water melon." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d931e10-c6c0-012f-fa6c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). In the time of water melon. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d931e10-c6c0-012f-fa6c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "In the time of water melon." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d931e10-c6c0-012f-fa6c-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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