Pearl Primus performing her work "African Ceremonial"
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Research CatalogImage ID
5567619
Item data
Title
Pearl Primus performing her work "African Ceremonial"
Collection
Portrait collection
Pearl Primus portrait collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1944 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Primus, Pearl
Subjects
Primus, Pearl
Choreographers -- United States
African Americans -- Dance -- 1940-1959
African American dancers
Women dancers -- United States
African American choreographers
Women choreographers -- United States
Genres
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm (print), 12 x 10 cm (image) ; black and white
Abstract
Dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus performing her work "African Ceremonial," circa 1944
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11487277
Photo Order: 55708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cc1488a0-ae4b-0133-9fb1-00505686a51c
Rights
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Pearl Primus performing her work "African Ceremonial"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1944. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc1488a0-ae4b-0133-9fb1-00505686a51c
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1944). Pearl Primus performing her work "African Ceremonial" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc1488a0-ae4b-0133-9fb1-00505686a51c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Pearl Primus performing her work "African Ceremonial"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc1488a0-ae4b-0133-9fb1-00505686a51c
Wikipedia citation
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