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Al Bledger, American Negro Ballet

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Image ID

58624282


Item data

Title

Al Bledger, American Negro Ballet

Collection

The Fania Marinoff collection of photographs of dancers and allied artists
Series A
Bledger, Al

Names

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 (Photographer)
Marinoff, Fania, 1890-1971 (Collector)

Date / Origin

Place: New York
Date Created: 1938-03-25

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZEB 85-1073 Series A

Subjects

Dancers -- 20th century
Bledger, Al
American Negro Ballet Company

Genres

Photographs
Portraits

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 9 7/8 x 10 inches

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12172377
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 23.501.236
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c4eec8f0-4675-013b-d485-0242ac110003

Access

Photograph by Carl Van Vechten © Van Vechten Trust

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

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Al Bledger, American Negro Ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4eec8f0-4675-013b-d485-0242ac110003

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1938). Al Bledger, American Negro Ballet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4eec8f0-4675-013b-d485-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Al Bledger, American Negro Ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4eec8f0-4675-013b-d485-0242ac110003

Wikipedia citation

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