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Ruth Whitehead Whaley being sworn in by Mayor Richard Vincent Impelliteri, 1951

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Image ID

2056545


Item data

Title

Ruth Whitehead Whaley being sworn in by Mayor Richard Vincent Impelliteri, 1951

Collection

Portrait collection
Ruth Whaley portrait collection

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 Whaley, Ruth

Subjects

African American women lawyers
Whaley, Ruth Whitehead
Minority municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York
Oaths -- New York (N.Y.) -- 1950-1959
Impellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987

Genres

Portraits
Photographs

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG087000109-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11527285
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 797bf6c0-c5f2-012f-10c3-58d385a7bc34

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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. "Ruth Whitehead Whaley being sworn in by Mayor Richard Vincent Impelliteri, 1951" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1951. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/797bf6c0-c5f2-012f-10c3-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1951). Ruth Whitehead Whaley being sworn in by Mayor Richard Vincent Impelliteri, 1951 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/797bf6c0-c5f2-012f-10c3-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruth Whitehead Whaley being sworn in by Mayor Richard Vincent Impelliteri, 1951" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/797bf6c0-c5f2-012f-10c3-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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