Dry Cleaning
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Title
Dry Cleaning
Collection
Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes
Harlem
Harlem, 1930s
Small businesses, including a billiard hall, clothing store, grocers, a newsstand and shoe shine
Names
United States. Works Progress Administration (Sponsor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1937-06-06
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes, Box 1, Folder 5
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15580587
Archives ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3381188
copy negative number: SC-CN-82-0066
negative number: 3955
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b8eee320-1ab6-0134-f291-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Dry Cleaning" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1937. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8eee320-1ab6-0134-f291-00505686a51c
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1937). Dry Cleaning Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8eee320-1ab6-0134-f291-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Dry Cleaning" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8eee320-1ab6-0134-f291-00505686a51c
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