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Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt

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

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Title
Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt
Names
United States. Works Progress Administration (Sponsor)
Collection

Portrait collection

Gwendolyn Bennett portrait collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1937-12-20
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Bennett, Gwendolyn
Topics
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981
African American artists
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
Jefferson, Louise E
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11487100
Copy negative number: SC-CN-80-0252
Other local Identifier: 2083
Negative number: 2653-3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 88549710-3af6-0134-ebd5-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1937: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1937. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89696b30-3af6-0134-cfd4-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89696b30-3af6-0134-cfd4-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1937). Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89696b30-3af6-0134-cfd4-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Gwendolyn Bennett, Sara West, Louise Jefferson, Augusta Savage, Eleanor Roosevelt