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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1916

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mr. Washington sorting in his lettuce bed." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40278c10-c6b4-012f-6f52-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1916). Mr. Washington sorting in his lettuce bed. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40278c10-c6b4-012f-6f52-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mr. Washington sorting in his lettuce bed." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40278c10-c6b4-012f-6f52-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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