Eartha Kitt teaching a dance class at the Harlem YMCA
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Image ID
58300974
Item data
Title
Eartha Kitt teaching a dance class at the Harlem YMCA
Collection
Austin Hansen photograph collection
Series I: Personalities
Kitt, Eartha
Names
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1955 (Approximate)
Place: Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection
Subjects
Kitt, Eartha
African American women entertainers
Genres
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12017637
Archives ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3393266
Photo Order: 64340
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 89b92d50-c638-0139-7f8e-0242ac110003
Access
© The Estate of Austin Hansen.
Rights
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Type Of Resource
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Eartha Kitt teaching a dance class at the Harlem YMCA" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1955. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89b92d50-c638-0139-7f8e-0242ac110003
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1955). Eartha Kitt teaching a dance class at the Harlem YMCA Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89b92d50-c638-0139-7f8e-0242ac110003
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Eartha Kitt teaching a dance class at the Harlem YMCA" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89b92d50-c638-0139-7f8e-0242ac110003
Wikipedia citation
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