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Found 4 collections related to World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans

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Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Occupations
993 items (2.3 cubic ft., 13 boxes). 21 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 36 x 26 cm. and smaller. 781 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 75 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 18 x 26 cm. and smaller. 86 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. and smaller. 21 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 36 x 26 cm. and smaller. 3 photographic prints : col ; 26 x 21 cm. 2 postcards : col ; 14 x 9 cm. 4 commemorative prints : col ; 10 x 17 cm
Collection depicts African Americans engaged in a variety of occupations and date from the 1900s to the 1990s with the bulk of the images being from the 1930s to the 1950s. Images capture blue-collar and white-collar workers performing their... more
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Military
3531 items (9.9 linear feet, 39 boxes). 2900 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 237 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. and smaller. 181 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 13 x 11 cm. and smaller. 18 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 36 x 28 cm. and smaller. 104 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 16 x 8 cm. and smaller. 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ; 46 x 23 cm. and smaller. 23 photographic prints : col ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 24 photomechanical prints : b&w, some col., some hand-col ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 40 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. and smaller. 1 photomechanical print : b&w ; 36 x 28 cm
The Military collection documents primarily the military activities of African Americans in the United States armed forces, dating from the American Revolution to the mid-1980s. The collection, which depicts mostly the wartime activities of the... more
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo National Youth Administration
442 items (1.4 cubic ft., 6 boxes). 1 photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w ; 51 x 39 cm. 33 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 36 x 28 cm. 196 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and smaller. 210 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 18 x 16 cm. and smaller. 36 x 28cm., 37 p, 1 book: b&w (36 x 28cm., 37 p). 13 x 20 cm., 9 p, 1 album: b&w (13 x 20 cm., 9 p)
The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a government sponsored youth training and employment program from 1935 to 1943. The collection consists of images of primarily African American youths engaged in NYA activities including employment and... more
Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Jean Blackwell Hutson Collection
3.0 linear feet (10 boxes)
The Jean Blackwell Hutson photographs, dated 1890s to 1990s, were compiled by Jean Blackwell Hutson (1914-1998), a librarian who served as curator of the Schomburg Collection from 1948 to 1972, then chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in... more
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