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African American man kneeling and holding a drill

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Data source:

Research Catalog

Image ID

1260422


Item data

Title

African American man kneeling and holding a drill

Collection

Occupations
War industry workers
War Industry workers- Men

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1939 - 1945 (Approximate)

Library Location

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

Subjects

War work
Defense industry
drilling

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Original negative #: 39-D

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, 8 x 10 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16181531
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-F224
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2beddbf0-c6d1-012f-9044-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American man kneeling and holding a drill" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939 - 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2beddbf0-c6d1-012f-9044-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939 - 1945). African American man kneeling and holding a drill Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2beddbf0-c6d1-012f-9044-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American man kneeling and holding a drill" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2beddbf0-c6d1-012f-9044-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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