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Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Anna Lucasta theater stills collection

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Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress

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Title
Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress
Names
Fehl, Fred (Photographer)
Collection

Anna Lucasta theater stills collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1944
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Theater
Topics
Childress, Alice
Childress, Alvin, d. 1986
Lee, Canada
Simms, Hilda, 1920-
American Negro Theatre
Theatrical productions
Genres
Photographs
Group portraits
Publicity photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11545376
Photo Order: 52501
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2107c20-9e3b-0131-3329-58d385a7bbd0
Copyright Notice
Photograph by Fred Fehl
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1944: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1944. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/026b5c50-a160-0131-20d0-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/026b5c50-a160-0131-20d0-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1944). Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/026b5c50-a160-0131-20d0-58d385a7bbd0

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/026b5c50-a160-0131-20d0-58d385a7bbd0 | title= (still image) Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress, (1944)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 24, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Scene from the Broadway production of the American Negro Theatre's "Anna Lucasta," featuring (left to right) Canada Lee, Hilda Simms, Alice Childress and Alvin Childress