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Spectators gathered on 125th Street to witness launch of new parking meter system, Harlem, New York City, 1951

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4018430


Item data

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.)

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Extent: 21 x 26 cm.

Languages

English

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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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. "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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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