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Street vendors underneath the elevated train line near the corner of West 145th Street and Ninth Avenue, Harlem, New York, 1939

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4018407


Item data

Title

Street vendors underneath the elevated train line near the corner of West 145th Street and Ninth Avenue, Harlem, New York, 1939

Collection

Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes
Harlem
Harlem, 1930s
Street vendors under elevated train at West 145th Street and Eighth Avenue

Names

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

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1939

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.)
African American business enterprises
Commercial streets -- New York (N.Y.)
Food vendors -- New York (N.Y.)
Elevated railroads -- 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: 3381189
copy negative number: SC-CN-82-0064
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 15597af0-c6e9-012f-bab9-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Street vendors underneath the elevated train line near the corner of West 145th Street and Ninth Avenue, Harlem, New York, 1939" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15597af0-c6e9-012f-bab9-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). Street vendors underneath the elevated train line near the corner of West 145th Street and Ninth Avenue, Harlem, New York, 1939 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15597af0-c6e9-012f-bab9-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Street vendors underneath the elevated train line near the corner of West 145th Street and Ninth Avenue, Harlem, New York, 1939" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15597af0-c6e9-012f-bab9-3c075448cc4b

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