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

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16207129

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

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 76
Collection Title: Photographs of prominent African Americans.
Collection Note: Series III. Photographs of Blacks by Important Photographers
Container / Volume: 23 (Oversize) | Folder 356

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: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
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
Object ID (OID): 16207129

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