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"Oh Lawd"

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

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Art and Artists

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Title
"Oh Lawd"
Names
Works Progress Administration (Sponsor)
Collection

Art and Artists

Organizations

Works Progress Administration

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-05-12
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Art and Artists, Box 8
Topics
Artists -- United States
African American artists
African American art
Artists, Black
Associations, institutions, etc
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15591219
MSS Unit ID: 532320
Accession number: 83-49-51
Other local Identifier: 2079
Negative number: P3606
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5bdb6eb0-10b5-0134-0678-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1939: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. ""Oh Lawd"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d83dd410-1154-0134-7c98-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. ""Oh Lawd"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d83dd410-1154-0134-7c98-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939). "Oh Lawd" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d83dd410-1154-0134-7c98-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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"Oh Lawd"