Harlem. Tree of Hope (Wishing Tree)

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Description

Title: Harlem. Tree of Hope (Wishing Tree)
Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created: 1940 September 4
Publication Place: Harlem, New York
Abstract: Slide number 4. Image set number CCXVII. Tree of Hope was an elm tree that originally stood in front of the Lafayette Theatre between 131st and 132nd Streets. On November 4, 1934, Bill Robinson replanted its stump on a traffic island on 7th Avenue at West 131st Street.
Description: Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Extent: 1 slide
2 x 2 in.
color, Kodachrome
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Collection/Other Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection Date: 1800-1971
Collection Note: Series IV. Photographs. Color Slides. Places. New York City. Manhattan
Container / Volume: Box 225

Access: Public
Rights: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust; permission of the Trust is required to publish Van Vechten photographs in any format. To contact the Van Vechten Trust, email vanvechtentrust@gmail.com.
Citation: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.