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Lenox Avenue at West 135th Street looking towards northwest corner

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Title

Lenox Avenue at West 135th Street looking towards northwest corner

Collection

Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes
Harlem
Harlem, 1920s

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1920 - 1929

Library Location

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

Subjects

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch
Buildings -- New York (N.Y.)
Streets -- New York (N.Y.)
Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (N.Y.)

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Extent: 26 x 21 cm.

Abstract

View of the northwest corner of West 135th Street and Lenox Avenue, with the West 135th Street Branch of The New York Public Library (Schomburg Center) at left, 1920s

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15580587
Archives ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3381184
Archives Components ID: 1685416
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f97b9700-c6e8-012f-2645-3c075448cc4b

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. "Lenox Avenue at West 135th Street looking towards northwest corner" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920 - 1929. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f97b9700-c6e8-012f-2645-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1920 - 1929). Lenox Avenue at West 135th Street looking towards northwest corner Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f97b9700-c6e8-012f-2645-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lenox Avenue at West 135th Street looking towards northwest corner" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f97b9700-c6e8-012f-2645-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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