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Title
African American couple leaving infant at orphanage
Additional title: Not difficult to comply with
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

African-American Illustrations

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1889-10-19
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-Ill
Topics
Poor persons -- United States
Mothers & children -- United States
African Americans
Infants
Orphanages
Spouses
Genres
Periodical illustrations
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Mrs. Ruffins--'Me an' my husban's too pore t' tek care ob de chile, so we's 'bleeged t' fetch it heah.' Superintendent--'All right; I'll keep it dark.' "
Source note: Judge. (New York : The Judge Publishing Co., 1881-1947).
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Extent: 15 x 11 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17180934
Barcode: 33333159329933
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dcfe5580-c52e-012f-3dd0-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. 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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1889: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American couple leaving infant at orphanage" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889-10-19. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fbe3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American couple leaving infant at orphanage" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fbe3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1889-10-19). African American couple leaving infant at orphanage Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fbe3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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African American couple leaving infant at orphanage