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Dry Cleaning

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56806338


Item data

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

Subjects

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Genres

Photographs

Languages

English

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

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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. "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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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