Details
Title James Weldon Johnson. [graphic] / McIan N.Y., 1215 Broadway, Daly's Theatre Building.
Publisher [New York]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1910
Date [ca. 1910]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver on card mount ; mount 17 x 11 cm (6.5 x 4.25 in.) (cabinet card format)
Description Bust-length portrait of the eminent African American civil rights activist, poet, writer, and educator. Johnson, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a patterned bowtie, and a dark-colored jacket, looks slightly left. Johnson was a prominent member of the NAACP, serving as an organizer and field secretary from 1920 to 1931, a lawyer, lyricist of the "Negro National Anthem," a U.S. Consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua, and author of several works including, "The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man."
Notes Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Accessioned 1992.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 -- Portraits.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
African American diplomats.
African American educators.
African American men -- Portraits.
African American poets.
Civil rights leaders -- United States.
Lyricists -- United States.
African American writers.
Genre Cabinet photographs -- 1900-1910.
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Portrait photographs -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cabinet card portraits - sitter - Johnson [P.9398]
Accession number P.9398