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Group portrait showing Wesley Williams (kneeing at left) with fellow members of the 1919-1920 AMA Basketball Team

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57377496


Item data

Title

Group portrait showing Wesley Williams (kneeing at left) with fellow members of the 1919-1920 AMA Basketball Team

Collection

Wesley Williams photograph collection
Personal photographs

Names

Martin Gordon Inc. (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1919 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Wesley A. Williams Collection
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Wesley A. Williams Collection / Box 3

Subjects

Williams, Wesley A., 1896-1984
African American fire fighters
African American basketball players
Basketball teams

Genres

Photographs
Group Portraits

Notes

Content: Handwritten caption on verso: Back row L to R - Samuel Nichols, Jim Boone, John Yates, Hy [Mont], Bill Mitchell, Leon Spady; Middle row L to R - Wesley Williams, Clarence Nance, Hackey Rhone, Lloyd Gainer, Lester Fiall; Foreground - Curtis Jones

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 31 cm ; balck and white, mounted
Print is mounted, edges are worn.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14983863
Photo Order: 58446
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6bb987e0-7169-0135-f397-757c932f514c

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1919

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait showing Wesley Williams (kneeing at left) with fellow members of the 1919-1920 AMA Basketball Team" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1919. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6bb987e0-7169-0135-f397-757c932f514c

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1919). Group portrait showing Wesley Williams (kneeing at left) with fellow members of the 1919-1920 AMA Basketball Team Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6bb987e0-7169-0135-f397-757c932f514c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait showing Wesley Williams (kneeing at left) with fellow members of the 1919-1920 AMA Basketball Team" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6bb987e0-7169-0135-f397-757c932f514c

Wikipedia citation

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