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Langston Hughes with young library visitors at Schomburg Collection, holding a copy of his new book

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58942183


Item data

Title

Langston Hughes with young library visitors at Schomburg Collection, holding a copy of his new book

Collection

Schomburg Center photograph collection
Series IV: Presentations, Programs, and Events
Events

Names

Wide World Photos, Inc. (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1954

Library Location

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

Subjects

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Stamped on back: "Wide World Photos Inc., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y." Handwritten on back: "Langston Hughes" and "1954."

Physical Description

Extent: 25 x 21 cm

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b23286257
Archives ID: 186412
Archives EAD ID: 3487614
NYPL Exhibition ID: SC 25.701.89
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e4680c50-6ee4-013d-99d8-0242ac110003

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. "Langston Hughes with young library visitors at Schomburg Collection, holding a copy of his new book" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4680c50-6ee4-013d-99d8-0242ac110003

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1954). Langston Hughes with young library visitors at Schomburg Collection, holding a copy of his new book Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4680c50-6ee4-013d-99d8-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Langston Hughes with young library visitors at Schomburg Collection, holding a copy of his new book" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4680c50-6ee4-013d-99d8-0242ac110003

Wikipedia citation

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