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[African American man sitting near a building, probably in Philadelphia] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A66513
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Creator
Fetters, H.
Title
[African American man sitting near a building, probably in Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1937
Date
[ca. 1937]
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 11 x 9 cm. (4.25 x 3.5 in.)
Description
View showing an African American man sitting on an enbankment next to a stairwell to a building adorned with ornamental ironwork. The man hangs his head down, his hands together, and his elbows on his knees. He is attired in a cap, jacket, pants and laced shoes. A jagged cobblestone walkway is visible in the foreground.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from date inscribed on other photographs in the series.
Part of a number of views taken by Fetters within a series of his work in the Swayne Collection [P.2017.88.76.1-52].
Description reviewed 2022.
Access points reviewed 2022.
Subject
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1930-1940.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Robert Swayne Collection [P.2017.88.76.38]
Accession number
P.2017.88.76.38
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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