Group portrait of the founding members of the Vulcan Society who were honored at the Twentieth Anniversary Dance at the Audubon Ballroom
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Title
Group portrait of the founding members of the Vulcan Society who were honored at the Twentieth Anniversary Dance at the Audubon Ballroom
Collection
Vulcan Society photograph collection
Meetings and social gatherings
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1960-05-27
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Vulcan Society Collection
Subjects
New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Vulcan Society
New York (N.Y.). Fire Department
African American fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
African American fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc
African American fire fighters -- Societies, etc.
African Americans -- Social life and customs
New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept. Vulcan Society -- Anniversaries, etc.
Genres
Notes
Content: Taken from caption label: First Row, John H. McKenzie, Jr., Vonner Jordan, Noel Powell, Briscoe Payne, Walter Thomas, Lieutenants William Owens and Clarence Williams. Second Row, George Powell, William Brent, William Chisholm, Retired Lieutenant Leonard Gruby, Frank Horace, William Anderson, Redes Ezell, Joseph Sylvester, Fitzhugh Lee and Arnold Joell.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Original items has typewritten caption note attached to recto.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b22641138
Photo Order: 57576
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c0739350-074a-0135-0ffc-4333435191d5
Rights
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of the founding members of the Vulcan Society who were honored at the Twentieth Anniversary Dance at the Audubon Ballroom" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0739350-074a-0135-0ffc-4333435191d5
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1960). Group portrait of the founding members of the Vulcan Society who were honored at the Twentieth Anniversary Dance at the Audubon Ballroom Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0739350-074a-0135-0ffc-4333435191d5
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of the founding members of the Vulcan Society who were honored at the Twentieth Anniversary Dance at the Audubon Ballroom" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0739350-074a-0135-0ffc-4333435191d5
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