Ida B. Wells Housing Project for Negroes, Chicago, Illinois, April 1941.
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Title
Ida B. Wells Housing Project for Negroes, Chicago, Illinois, April 1941.
Collection
Farm Security Administration Collection
Illinois.
Russell Lee.
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1941-04
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Farm Security Administration Collection
Subjects
Illinois
Chicago (Ill.)
African Americans -- Illinois
African American neighborhoods
African Americans -- Housing
Public housing -- United States
Apartment houses
Genres
Notes
Content: FSA Illinois - Lee - 1941 - Folder 3/6 - Box 5 of 14
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b22609769
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): acc016c0-c612-012f-ccf7-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Ida B. Wells Housing Project for Negroes, Chicago, Illinois, April 1941." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/acc016c0-c612-012f-ccf7-58d385a7bc34
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