Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington
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Title
Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington
Collection
Portrait collection
Paul Robeson portrait collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1952
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Robeson, Paul
Subjects
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
African American political activists
African American singers
African American actors
African American motion picture actors and actresses
Immigration stations -- Washington (State) -- Blaine
Genres
Notes
Biographical/Historical: Paul Robeson in Blaine, Washington, near the United States and Canadian border, where he had been denied admission into Canada to address a meeting of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1952. He would later that year give a concert for the union in Peace Arch Park, in Blaine, which could be heard on both sides of the international border.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11527529
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50cd5ad0-c5f2-012f-d449-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50cd5ad0-c5f2-012f-d449-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1952). Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50cd5ad0-c5f2-012f-d449-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50cd5ad0-c5f2-012f-d449-58d385a7bc34
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