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Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses

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

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Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes

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Harlem

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Harlem, 1930s

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Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses

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Title
Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses
Names
Horn, Solomon (Photographer)
United States. Works Progress Administration (Sponsor)
Collection

Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes

Harlem

Harlem, 1930s

Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-08-01
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Street Scenes
Topics
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Public housing -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Extent: 21 x 26 cm.
Description
Harlem River Houses, showing Sugar Hill
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15580587
MSS Unit ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3385966
Negative number: 3183-3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0463bc60-13cc-0134-adcb-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f2d5aa0-461d-0134-f4b4-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f2d5aa0-461d-0134-f4b4-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1938). Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f2d5aa0-461d-0134-f4b4-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Sugar Hill looking north from Harlem River Houses