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View of Unity Funeral Home, in Harlem, New York, as mourners are gathered outside

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5014024


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Title

View of Unity Funeral Home, in Harlem, New York, as mourners are gathered outside

Collection

Austin Hansen photograph collection
Series VII: General Subjects
Funerals
Service at Unity Funeral Home - Views of mourners

Names

Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1950 - 1959 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection

Subjects

Funeral homes -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12017637
Archives ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3396167
Photo Order: 48852
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d0d915a0-fb60-012f-9444-58d385a7bbd0

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© The Estate of Austin Hansen.

Rights

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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. "View of Unity Funeral Home, in Harlem, New York, as mourners are gathered outside" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1950 - 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d0d915a0-fb60-012f-9444-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1950 - 1959). View of Unity Funeral Home, in Harlem, New York, as mourners are gathered outside Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d0d915a0-fb60-012f-9444-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of Unity Funeral Home, in Harlem, New York, as mourners are gathered outside" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d0d915a0-fb60-012f-9444-58d385a7bbd0

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