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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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
Physical Description
Extent: 26 x 21 cm.
Languages
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
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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
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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
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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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