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Group of Harlem youths recruited as street sweepers on 117th Street, ca. 1940s

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Adults depicted are probably community leaders, as well as members of the New York City Sanitation Department.
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Photographs
Created Date:
1940 1949
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Street Scenes

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Children
  2. African Americans
  3. Children
  4. Community Life
  5. Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  6. New York (N.Y.)
  7. Sanitation Workers
  8. Social Life
  9. Youth Organizations

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