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Marcus Garvey: "With best wishes, your obedient servant"

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1953576


Item data

Title

Marcus Garvey: "With best wishes, your obedient servant"

Collection

Portrait collection
Marcus Garvey portrait collection

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1920 (Approximate)

Library Location

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

Subjects

Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
Black nationalism
Back to Africa movement
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Jamaicans -- United States
Pan-Africanism
Political activists -- United States

Genres

Portraits
Photographs

Notes

Content: With best wishes your obedient servant Marcus Garvey

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 15 x 10 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG085000641-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11487463
Photo Order: 60341
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f6ba8f50-c5f1-012f-649a-58d385a7bc34

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

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Marcus Garvey: "With best wishes, your obedient servant"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6ba8f50-c5f1-012f-649a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1920). Marcus Garvey: "With best wishes, your obedient servant" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6ba8f50-c5f1-012f-649a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Marcus Garvey: "With best wishes, your obedient servant"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6ba8f50-c5f1-012f-649a-58d385a7bc34

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