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Description: Portraits of notable African Americans, Africans and black people of various nationalities with an emphasis on African Americans. Collection is organized alphabetically by individual and often includes candid and formal group portraits with colleagues, friends and/or family taken at various points in their lives. Images range from 18th century prints to 20th century photographs representing a variety of photographic and print types.
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1700 - 1999 (Questionable)
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Portrait Collection
Topics: African Americans -- Portraits; African Americans; Blacks -- Portraits; Africans -- Portraits
Genres: Photographs; Portraits; Prints
Physical Description: Extent: Ca 25,000 prints.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8903b2c0-c5f1-012f-080d-58d385a7bc34