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Reference librarian Catherine Latimer, with a group of school children visiting the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History in the 1940s, viewing sculptor Pietro Calvi's bust of "Othello"

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58942163


Item data

Title

Reference librarian Catherine Latimer, with a group of school children visiting the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History in the 1940s, viewing sculptor Pietro Calvi's bust of "Othello"

Collection

Schomburg Center photograph collection
Series III: Researchers, Visitors, and Volunteers
Visitors
Visitors

Names

DeBiase, John (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1947

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Schomburg Center Collection

Subjects

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948
African American librarians

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Handwritten on back: "Photo by John DeBiase/PM Magazine," plus the year "1947."

Physical Description

Extent: 25 1/2 x 21 cm

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b23286257
Archives ID: 186412
Archives EAD ID: 3487598
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 25.701.69
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 774cf010-6e1c-013d-741d-0242ac110002

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. "Reference librarian Catherine Latimer, with a group of school children visiting the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History in the 1940s, viewing sculptor Pietro Calvi's bust of "Othello"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1947. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/774cf010-6e1c-013d-741d-0242ac110002

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1947). Reference librarian Catherine Latimer, with a group of school children visiting the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History in the 1940s, viewing sculptor Pietro Calvi's bust of "Othello" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/774cf010-6e1c-013d-741d-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Reference librarian Catherine Latimer, with a group of school children visiting the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History in the 1940s, viewing sculptor Pietro Calvi's bust of "Othello"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/774cf010-6e1c-013d-741d-0242ac110002

Wikipedia citation

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