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Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Education

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Adult Education

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Art and Music: 1930s-1940s

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Title
Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center
Names
Basil (Photographer)
United States. Works Progress Administration (Sponsor)
Collection

Education

Adult Education

Art and Music: 1930s-1940s

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-02-14
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Education
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Education, Box 5, Folder 9
Topics
Education
African Americans -- Education
Harlem Community Art Center
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): 16173907
Negative number: 2801-11
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 38ddf680-2501-0134-7da9-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39d66c90-2501-0134-69c6-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39d66c90-2501-0134-69c6-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1938). Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39d66c90-2501-0134-69c6-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center