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Street views in New York City, principally in Harlem and the Lower East Side but including Midtown, East Harlem, Brooklyn, Kingston and White Plains, New York

Title
Street views in New York City, principally in Harlem and the Lower East Side but including Midtown, East Harlem, Brooklyn, Kingston and White Plains, New York [graphic] / Beuford Smith.
Author
Smith, Beuford, 1941-
Publication
1961-1966.

Details

Additional Authors
Romana Javitz Collection.
Description
23 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 19.3 x 24.3 cm. and smaller.
Summary
Principally street scenes of children playing, storefronts and dwellings in the New York City neighborhoods of Harlem and the Lower East Side but including East Harlem, Midtown, East New York and Brooklyn. Harlem views include scenes of Malcolm X speaking outside the Harlem Square Bookstore. Other views include a portrait of Betty Shabazz and Juanita Poitier with a painted portrait of Malcolm X in White Plains, New York and a still-life in Kingston, New York.
Subject
  • Poitier, Juanita
  • Shabazz, Betty
  • X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
  • African Americans
  • Automobiles > 1960-1969
  • Bookstores
  • Chairs
  • Chinese Americans
  • Children
  • Children playing outdoors
  • Children playing with toys
  • Children > Clothing and dress
  • Churches
  • City & town life
  • Clothing & dress
  • Clothing industry
  • Crosses
  • Dolls
  • Doors & doorways
  • Dwellings
  • Florists shops
  • Flowers
  • Graffiti
  • Jewelry
  • Laborers
  • Markets
  • Men
  • Mothers & children
  • Muslims
  • Painting
  • Podiums
  • Political organizations > 1960-1969
  • Posters
  • Priests
  • Presidents > 1960-1969
  • Public speaking
  • Reflections
  • Refuse
  • Refuse disposal
  • Religious articles
  • Scales
  • Smoking
  • Sound recording industry
  • Streets
  • Subways
  • Teenagers
  • Umbrellas
  • Vending machines
  • Window displays
  • Windows
  • Women
  • East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  • East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  • Kingston (N.Y.)
  • Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
  • Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Times Square (New York, N.Y.)
  • White Plains (N.Y.)
Genre/Form
  • Cityscapes.
  • Interiors.
  • Portraits.
  • Still-life photographs.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Silver gelatin photographic prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Collection stamps on some items, verso.
  • Photographer's stamps, verso.
  • Titles, dates inscribed in ink on some items, verso.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Provenance (note)
  • Transfer, 1991.
Call Number
MFZ (Smith, B.) 93-6214
OCLC
NYPG93-F153
Author
Smith, Beuford, 1941- photographer.
Title
Street views in New York City, principally in Harlem and the Lower East Side but including Midtown, East Harlem, Brooklyn, Kingston and White Plains, New York [graphic] / Beuford Smith.
Imprint
1961-1966.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms Of Use
Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Finding Aids
Detailed inventory available.
Provenance
Transfer, 1991.
Added Author
Romana Javitz Collection.
Research Call Number
MFZ (Smith, B.) 93-6214
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