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Capable office staff; Bookkeeping department; National Benefit Association, Washington, D.C.

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1211815


Item data

Title

Capable office staff; Bookkeeping department; National Benefit Association, Washington, D.C.

Collection

Progress and achievements of the colored people

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1917
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: A. Jenkins

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 323.173-M (Miller, K. Progress and achievements of the colored people)

Subjects

African Americans -- Progress
African American women
Offices
African Americans -- District of Columbia
Office workers

Genres

Photographs

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR683702-B
Barcode: 33433031216553
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11590409
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 127b45b0-c6db-012f-182e-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1917

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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. "Capable office staff; Bookkeeping department; National Benefit Association, Washington, D.C." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/127b45b0-c6db-012f-182e-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1917). Capable office staff; Bookkeeping department; National Benefit Association, Washington, D.C. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/127b45b0-c6db-012f-182e-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Capable office staff; Bookkeeping department; National Benefit Association, Washington, D.C." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/127b45b0-c6db-012f-182e-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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