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Paul Robeson at the immigration station in Blaine, Washington

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Image ID

1807260


Item data

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

Portraits
Photographs

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

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

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

APA format

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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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