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Black and tan dives in New York City
- Title
- Black and tan dives in New York City / by Jacob A. Riis.
- Author
- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
- Publication
- [between 1980 and 1989?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 Jacob Riis Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Museum of the City of New York, holding institution.
- Description
- 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white; 20 x 26 cm
- Summary
- Depictions of so-called black and tan dives or saloons, racially integrated drinking establishments patronized by poor African Americans and Whites, located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, circa 1888-1889.
- Subjects
- Gelatin silver prints > 1980-1989
- Group portraits > 1980-1989
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
- Poor white people > New York (State) > New York
- African Americans > Social life and customs > New York (State) > New York
- Race relations > New York (State) > New York > 1880-1889
- Bars > New York (State) > New York > 1880-1889
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1980-1989.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.
- Note
- Title based on photo captions.
- Both photographs bear handwritten captions on verso; captions note images as Riis No. 162 and No. 163.
- Images originally captured circa 1888-1889, and printed at a later date.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Jacob A. Riis, 1849-1914, was a Danish-born American social reformer, journalist and photographer best known for his efforts to help the impoverished in New York City through his investigative writings and photographs during the 1880s and 1890s. Some of his work appeared in the book "How the Other Half Lives," published in 1890. He was also one of the first Americans to use flash photography.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Jacob Riis Collection
- OCLC
- 1295223767
- Author
- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914, photographer.
- Title
- Black and tan dives in New York City / by Jacob A. Riis.
- Production
- [between 1980 and 1989?]
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Jacob A. Riis, 1849-1914, was a Danish-born American social reformer, journalist and photographer best known for his efforts to help the impoverished in New York City through his investigative writings and photographs during the 1880s and 1890s. Some of his work appeared in the book "How the Other Half Lives," published in 1890. He was also one of the first Americans to use flash photography.
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- Added Author
- Museum of the City of New York, holding institution.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Jacob Riis Collection