Woman with a baby sitting outside of building from which they had been evicted, in Harlem, New York
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Title
Woman with a baby sitting outside of building from which they had been evicted, in Harlem, New York
Collection
Austin Hansen photograph collection
Series VII: General Subjects
Evictions
Four families evicted from Apt. 56, at 64 Hamilton Terrace, after man they were subletting from failed to pay realtor
Names
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1954 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection
Subjects
African Americans -- Housing
Evictions
African American families
Mother and infant
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 2 6 cm ; black and white
Abstract
View of woman with a baby sitting outside of building from which they had been evicted, in Harlem, New York, circa 1954
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12017637
Archives ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3396088
Photo Order: 54879
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78822370-061b-0133-49ec-58d385a7bbd0
Access
© The Estate of Austin Hansen.
Rights
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Woman with a baby sitting outside of building from which they had been evicted, in Harlem, New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78822370-061b-0133-49ec-58d385a7bbd0
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1954). Woman with a baby sitting outside of building from which they had been evicted, in Harlem, New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78822370-061b-0133-49ec-58d385a7bbd0
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Woman with a baby sitting outside of building from which they had been evicted, in Harlem, New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78822370-061b-0133-49ec-58d385a7bbd0
Wikipedia citation
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