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Benjamin J. Davis Jr. portrait collection

Title
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1930?-1960?>

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Additional Authors
  • Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
  • Associated Press.
Description
<4> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Portraits of communist, lawyer, author and city councilman Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. Collection consists of views of Davis speaking at various gatherings, including one with the Civil Rights Congress; with Myles Paige, Grant Reynolds, and M. Moran Weston at a Veteran's Justice Committee gathering (1946); greeting spectators alnog a parade route; meeting an unidentified woman; meeting boxer Joe Louis; and marching under a Communist Party Opposition banner in a political parade.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Davis, Benjamin J. 1903-1964
  • Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
  • Reynolds, Grant
  • Paige, Myles
  • Weston, M. Moran, 1910-2002
  • Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
  • National Negro Congress (U.S.)
  • African American communists
  • African American lawyers
  • African American authors
  • African American politicians
  • Public speaking > United States
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1930-1959.
  • Portrait photographs – 1930-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1930-1959.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Photographs have captions; some photographs have written descriptive information; some have airbrush marks.
  • Photographers include Rapid News Photo, Associated Press and others.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some photographs are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.
OCLC
NYPG085000643-F
Title
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1930?-1960?>
Terms Of Use
Some photographs are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
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Added Author
Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
Associated Press.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Davis, Benjamin J., Jr.
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