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View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939

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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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SUB-COLLECTION
Harlem, 1930s

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Small businesses, including a billiard hall, clothing store, grocers, a newsstand and shoe shine

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Title
View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939
Names
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) (Sponsor)
Collection

Schomburg Photographs and Prints subject collections: Street scenes

Harlem

Harlem, 1930s

Small businesses, including a billiard hall, clothing store, grocers, a newsstand and shoe shine

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-03-23
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.)
Business enterprises -- New York (N.Y.)
African Americans -- Clothing & dress -- New York (N.Y.)
African Americans -- Social life -- New York (N.Y.)
Commercial streets -- New York (N.Y.)
Storefronts -- New York (N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Extent: 26 x 21 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15580587
MSS Unit ID: 532319
Archives EAD ID: 3381188
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 001e41e0-c6e9-012f-76c4-3c075448cc4b
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

  • 1939: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d99d6a4-668b-eaae-e040-e00a18063ce3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 28, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d99d6a4-668b-eaae-e040-e00a18063ce3

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d99d6a4-668b-eaae-e040-e00a18063ce3

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d99d6a4-668b-eaae-e040-e00a18063ce3 | title= (still image) View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939, (1939)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=January 28, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939