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Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress

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Image ID

5111787


Item data

Title

Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress

Collection

Anna Lucasta theater stills collection

Names

Fehl, Fred (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1944

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Theater

Subjects

Childress, Alice
Childress, Alvin, d. 1986
Lee, Canada
Simms, Hilda, 1920-
American Negro Theatre
Theatrical productions

Genres

Photographs
Group Portraits
Publicity Photographs

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11545376
Photo Order: 52501
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2107c20-9e3b-0131-3329-58d385a7bbd0

Access

Photograph by Fred Fehl

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1944. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2107c20-9e3b-0131-3329-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1944). Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2107c20-9e3b-0131-3329-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b2107c20-9e3b-0131-3329-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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