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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters photograph collection
- Title
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters photograph collection [graphic].
- Publication
- 1940?-1987?
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Collection | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
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- Description
- 1 photomechanical print : b&w; 34 x 26 cm.
- 1 photoprint : col. ;
- 38 photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
- Summary
- Photographs documenting various activities and individuals of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) during the 1940s-1960s.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Rewards & prizes > 1950-1969
- Portrait photographs > 1940-1969
- Photoprints > Color > 1970-1989
- African American labor union members
- Group portraits > 1940-1989
- McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989
- Offices > New York (N.Y.) > 1940-1959
- Silver gelatin photoprints > 1940-1969
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Employees
- Photomechanical prints > 1960-1969
- Banquets > United States > 1940-1969
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
- Railroad employees' unions > United States > 1940-1969
- Autographs > 1940-1959
- Meetings > United States > 1940-1969
- Genre/Form
- Group portraits – 1940-1989.
- Portrait photographs – 1940-1969.
- Autographs – 1940-1959.
- Photomechanical prints – 1960-1969.
- Photoprints – Color – 1970-1989.
- Silver gelatin photoprints – 1940-1969.
- Note
- Some photographs are rolled up and/or torn into several pieces; some are autographed; some bear captions.
- Biography (note)
- The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, organized in 1925 by A. Philip Randolph, was the first successful African American trade union.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Collection
- OCLC
- NYPG087000316-F
- Title
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters photograph collection [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1940?-1987?
- Biography
- The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, organized in 1925 by A. Philip Randolph, was the first successful African American trade union.
- Local Note
- Negatives exist for some images.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Collection