Spectators gathered on 125th Street to witness launch of new parking meter system, Harlem, New York City, 1951
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Title
Spectators gathered on 125th Street to witness launch of new parking meter system, Harlem, New York City, 1951
Collection
Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes
Harlem
Harlem, 1950s
Crowd behind police barricades on first day of institution of parking meter system along 125th Street
Names
Nichols, -1991 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1951
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes
Subjects
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Spectators -- New York (N.Y.)
Parking
African Americans -- Social life -- New York (N.Y.)
Parking meters -- New York (N.Y.)
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Physical Description
Extent: 21 x 26 cm.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15580587
Archives ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3386015
copy negative number: SC-CN-93-0310
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 63c6bed0-c6e9-012f-a0c8-3c075448cc4b
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Spectators gathered on 125th Street to witness launch of new parking meter system, Harlem, New York City, 1951" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1951. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63c6bed0-c6e9-012f-a0c8-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1951). Spectators gathered on 125th Street to witness launch of new parking meter system, Harlem, New York City, 1951 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63c6bed0-c6e9-012f-a0c8-3c075448cc4b
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Spectators gathered on 125th Street to witness launch of new parking meter system, Harlem, New York City, 1951" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63c6bed0-c6e9-012f-a0c8-3c075448cc4b
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