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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing"

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

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Swing Motion Picture Stills Collection

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing"

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Title
Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing"
Collection

Swing Motion Picture Stills Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Motion pictures
Topics
African Americans in motion pictures
Posters
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: SC-CN-87-0283
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 12 x 8 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG091000150-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11606147
Barcode: 33433077457343
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04260900-c6ce-012f-9f47-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1938: 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. "Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7063-914d-e040-e00a18061f85

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7063-914d-e040-e00a18061f85

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1938). Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7063-914d-e040-e00a18061f85

Wikipedia Citation

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Poster for Oscar Micheaux's 1938 motion picture "Swing"