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Aida Overton Walker

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Title
Aida Overton Walker
Names
White Studio (New York, N.Y.) (Photographer)
Collection

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Aida Overton Walker portrait collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1911 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Walker, Aida Overton
Topics
Walker, Aida Overton, 1880-1914
African American women singers
Women dancers
African American women entertainers
Salome (Biblical figure)
Publicity photographs
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 20 x 13 cm ; black and white
Item is mounted.
Description
Portrait of singer and dancer Aida Overton Walker as Salome, circa 1911.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527242
Photo Order: 53180
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 23.501.272
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d0525830-015e-0132-b9ab-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 1911: Created
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Aida Overton Walker " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e5e8970-0161-0132-015a-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Aida Overton Walker " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e5e8970-0161-0132-015a-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1911). Aida Overton Walker Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e5e8970-0161-0132-015a-58d385a7bbd0

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Aida Overton Walker