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Exterior of 135th Street Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

  • Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress
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  • Banquet in honor of Charles D.B. King, Secretary of State and President-elect of Liberia, held at Anderson's Assembly Rooms, in New York City, on September 22, 1919. In attendance are bibliophile Arthur A. Schomburg, journalist John E. Bruce and writer Maritcha Lyons.
  • Saint John's Methodist Church Sexton, Peter Williams, 1801
  • Portrait of James Baldwin
  • Funeral procession for a Ku Klux Klan member, held in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, 1920s.
  • Elease Perkins (second from left) with other teachers at the Harlem Academy
  • W.C. Handy with his wife Irma Louise Logan, and Dizzy Gillespie and an unidentified man
  • Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth
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  • Portrait of a man wearing patterned bowtie
  • Portrait of a woman, Bahia, Brazil
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Schomburg Center photograph collection

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Series I: Buildings

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Landmark Building

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Title
Exterior of 135th Street Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints
Collection

Schomburg Center photograph collection

Series I: Buildings

Landmark Building

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1930 - 1939 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Schomburg Center Collection
Topics
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Handwritten on back: "SC-CN-91-0394; 135th St Library, ca 1930s, Schomburg Center (Landmark Building)." On the back, in the lower left corner, it appears a photographer's name is written, but it's very faint.
Physical Description
Extent: 25 x 20 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23286257
MSS Unit ID: 186412
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 25.701.35
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ddbf3db0-619f-013d-41af-0242ac110004
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1930: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Exterior of 135th Street Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930 - 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dde457d0-619f-013d-f2a6-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Exterior of 135th Street Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dde457d0-619f-013d-f2a6-0242ac110004

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1930 - 1939). Exterior of 135th Street Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dde457d0-619f-013d-f2a6-0242ac110004

Wikipedia Citation

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Exterior of 135th Street Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints