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Description

1. 6 items (one folder); 21 x 26 cm

Summary

1. Contact sheets depicting the family life of an unidentified African American family in New York City (ca. 1960s); views of street life in the African American and Latino community of East Harlem, New York (ca. 1960); and views of a demonstration protesting racism in public education, outside a Columbia University graduation ceremony (1967). Many images appear to focus on children at leisure, eating, interacting with adults, or with pets.

Subject

1. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York.
2. Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- New York.
3. African American families -- New York (State) -- New York.
4. Children -- New York (State) -- New York.
5. African Americans -- Domestic life -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1960-1969.
6. Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
7. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

1. Contact sheets – 1960-1969.
2. Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1969.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Portfolio (Bokser Caravella, M.)

Language

1. English

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. All contact sheets bear photographer's hand stamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso. Some items bear selection marks and handwritten notes on recto. One item has strip of contact images attached to verso; one item has strip of contact images attached to recto.

Terms of use (note)

1. Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Miriam Bokser Caravella worked as a freelance photojournalist during the 1960s and 1970s, including with the left-leaning Liberation News Service based in New York City. In 1980, she became a career Foreign Service Officer with the United States Information Agency based in Washington, D.C. She later published the book "The Holy Name: Mysticism in Judaism" in 1989.

Author

1. Caravella, Miriam Bokser, photographer.

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

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