[Photograph of man through window, behind sign, [...] Cleaners [...] Shine]


Description

Title
[Photograph of man through window, behind sign, [...] Cleaners [...] Shine]
Creator
Miller, Wayne, 1918-2013
Published / Created
[1947]
Publication Place
Chicago
Abstract
"Simple" was a character that Langston Hughes used in his news column. Upon seeing the man in this photograph, Hughes said: "That's him."
Extent
1 photographic print ; 35.4 x 27.9 cm.
Extent of Digitization
Completely digitized

Collection Information

Call Number
JWJ MSS 76
Collection Title
Photographs of prominent African Americans.
Collection Note
Series III. Photographs of Blacks by Important Photographers
Container / Volume Information
23 (Oversize) | Folder 356
Finding Aid
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jwjphotos

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Photographic prints
Portraits
Resource Type
Prints & Photographs
Subject (Topic)
African American men in art

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Citation
Photographs of Prominent African Americans. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
4714434
OID
16207129

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