Miss Ida Platt, of Chicago. First Colored lady admitted to the Bar in Illinois.
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Title
Miss Ida Platt, of Chicago. First Colored lady admitted to the Bar in Illinois.
Collection
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1897
Place: Atlanta, Ga
Publisher: J. L. Nichols
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 973-K (Kletzing, H. Progress of a race)
Subjects
African Americans -- History
African Americans -- Biography
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Illustrations
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG744636917-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10184450
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b31558f0-c6cc-012f-c4df-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1897
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Miss Ida Platt, of Chicago. First Colored lady admitted to the Bar in Illinois." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b31558f0-c6cc-012f-c4df-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1897). Miss Ida Platt, of Chicago. First Colored lady admitted to the Bar in Illinois. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b31558f0-c6cc-012f-c4df-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Miss Ida Platt, of Chicago. First Colored lady admitted to the Bar in Illinois." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b31558f0-c6cc-012f-c4df-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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