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Reverend John H. Johnson (center) meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York

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Image ID

58363505


Item data

Title

Reverend John H. Johnson (center) meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York

Collection

Austin Hansen photograph collection
Series I: Personalities
Johnson, John H

Names

Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1950 - 1959 (Approximate)

Library Location

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

Subjects

Johnson, John H. (John Howard), 1897-
African American clergy -- New York (State) -- New York
Police -- New York (State) -- New York
Chaplains, Police -- New York (State) -- New York

Genres

Photographs
Group Portraits

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white
Image bears retouching marks on recto.

Abstract

Reverend John H. Johnson, pastor of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem and New York City Police chaplain, meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside St. Martin's, circa 1950s.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12017637
Archives ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3393253
Photo Order: 63890
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 49d71e80-56c2-013a-9a04-0242ac110004

Access

© The Estate of Austin Hansen.

Rights

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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. "Reverend John H. Johnson (center) meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1950 - 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/49d71e80-56c2-013a-9a04-0242ac110004

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1950 - 1959). Reverend John H. Johnson (center) meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/49d71e80-56c2-013a-9a04-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Reverend John H. Johnson (center) meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/49d71e80-56c2-013a-9a04-0242ac110004

Wikipedia citation

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