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Lynching

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Lynching	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description

Summary

The collection depicts African Americans who were victims of lynching, mostly in the Southern United States from the 1930s to the early 1950s.

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Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photographs bear photographer's, photography studio's or photo agency's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten notations on verso and/or printed caption labels attached to verso; some items bear printed captions on recto. Some items bear cropping or retouching marks; some items have been cropped.
Collection contains work by Acme Newspictures, the Associated Press, Herbert Hawkins, International News Photos, Keystone Pictures and Wide World Photos.

Terms of Use (note)

Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Call Number

Sc Photo Lynching

OCLC

NYPG05-F11351

Title

Lynching [graphic].

Imprint

1930-1951.

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Hawkins, Herbert. Photographer

Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)

Associated Press.

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

Keystone Pictures (New York, N.Y.)

Wide World Photos, Inc.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Lynching