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Image ID

1260612


Item data

Title

"The burden of race".

Collection

Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
Personal collections
Edna Morton collection
The burden of race.

Names

Johnson, Helen A. (Collector)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1890 - 1999 (Questionable)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Helen Armstead-Johnson Photograph Collection (Personal Collections)

Subjects

African American motion picture actors and actresses
Chenault, Lawrence, 1877-1943
Morton, Edna

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Caption on back: " Edna Morton and Lawrence Chenault [right] in a scene from the motion picture "The burden of race", 1921."

Physical Description

Photolithographs
Photolithographs
Extent: 1 lobby card : 10 x 12.5 in.
Lithographs

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14907059
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14907056
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b837d870-c634-012f-2d37-58d385a7bc34

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. ""The burden of race"." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890 - 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b837d870-c634-012f-2d37-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1890 - 1999). "The burden of race". Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b837d870-c634-012f-2d37-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. ""The burden of race"." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b837d870-c634-012f-2d37-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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