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Great Day in Harlem

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Group Photo titled "A Great Day in Harlem" by Art Kane of 57 jazz musicians taken on 17 East 126th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue in New York City on the steps and sidewalk in front of an apartment building; mixed group of men and women and children, African American and White; small children can be seen watching from one of the windows; Full listing of those pictured may be found on the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Great_Day_in_Harlem_(photograph)).
Date Published
1958-08-12
Publisher
Art Kane
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians, White
African American men
African American women
Men, White
Women, White
African American children
Apartment houses
Jazz musicians
Time Periods
1951-1960
Subjects, Geographic
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Notes

August 12, 1958

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_cheatham_photo-425.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Architectural photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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