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Portrait of a Mary Bruce "Starbud," a pupil at Mary Bruce's dancing school

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

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Portrait of a Mary Bruce "Starbud," a pupil at Mary Bruce's dancing school
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Mary Bruce portrait collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Bruce, Mary
Topics
African American women dancers
Bruce, Mary Elvia, 1910 -
African American dancers
Child dancers -- New York (State) -- New York
Dance schools -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Notes
Additional physical form: Copy negative no. SC-CN-85-0415
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 15 x 10 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11487005
Photo Order: 58149
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 275ea8a0-7d47-0135-23f7-0dd77921e736
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of a Mary Bruce "Starbud," a pupil at Mary Bruce's dancing school" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ab1e080-7edb-0135-eb8e-273b106264a9

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of a Mary Bruce "Starbud," a pupil at Mary Bruce's dancing school" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ab1e080-7edb-0135-eb8e-273b106264a9

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). Portrait of a Mary Bruce "Starbud," a pupil at Mary Bruce's dancing school Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9ab1e080-7edb-0135-eb8e-273b106264a9

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Portrait of a Mary Bruce "Starbud," a pupil at Mary Bruce's dancing school