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Title
Shoeshiners, 135th St. and Lenox Ave.
Names
United States. Works Progress Administration (Sponsor)
Collection

Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes

Harlem

Harlem, 1930s

Small businesses, including a billiard hall, clothing store, grocers, a newsstand and shoe shine

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-03-23
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes
Topics
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15580587
MSS Unit ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3381188
Copy negative number: SC-CN-79-0069
Copy negative number: SC-CN-91-0162
Copy negative number: SC-CN-86-0035
Negative number: 3801-1
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 144f9c50-1ab6-0134-aa0f-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1939: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Shoeshiners, 135th St. and Lenox Ave." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e3a3160-461d-0134-89d9-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Shoeshiners, 135th St. and Lenox Ave." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e3a3160-461d-0134-89d9-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). Shoeshiners, 135th St. and Lenox Ave. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e3a3160-461d-0134-89d9-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Shoeshiners, 135th St. and Lenox Ave.