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Book party at the National Memorial Bookstore: Langston Hughes, Eartha Kitt, Henry Armstrong, Pauli Murray, Mr. Bowman, Ralph Cooper

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

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Austin Hansen photograph collection

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Series I: Personalities

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Bowman, Lawson (or Henry L.)

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Title
Book party at the National Memorial Bookstore: Langston Hughes, Eartha Kitt, Henry Armstrong, Pauli Murray, Mr. Bowman, Ralph Cooper
Names
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)
Collection

Austin Hansen photograph collection

Series I: Personalities

Bowman, Lawson (or Henry L.)

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1956-11-08
Place: Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection
Topics
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Kitt, Eartha
Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985
Cooper, Ralph, 1908-1992
Armstrong, Henry, 1912-1988
Genres
Photographs
Group portraits
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Description
A book signing party held at Lewis Michaux's National Memorial Bookstore, in Harlem, for authors (left to right) Langston Hughes, Eartha Kitt, Henry Armstrong and Pauli Murray, with Lawson Bowman and Ralph Cooper, held on November 8, 1956.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12017637
MSS Unit ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3393146
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 24240920-c639-0139-dd56-0242ac110003
Copyright Notice
© The Estate of Austin Hansen.
Rights Statement
This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Item timeline of events

  • 1910: Creator Born
  • 1956: Created
  • 1996: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Book party at the National Memorial Bookstore" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1956. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3edf0770-d771-0139-9ba8-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Book party at the National Memorial Bookstore" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3edf0770-d771-0139-9ba8-0242ac110002

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1956). Book party at the National Memorial Bookstore Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3edf0770-d771-0139-9ba8-0242ac110002

Wikipedia Citation

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Book party at the National Memorial Bookstore