Black nationalist sect holding a street corner meeting

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Black nationalist sect holding a street corner meeting
Black nationalist sect holding a street corner meeting
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (24.1 × 16.4 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (25.2 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2015.12.18
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Stamps: "BLACK AMERICA", "RELIGION" on verso at upper center in red ink; "Photograph By / Leonard Freed / © 1970 MAGNUM PHOTOS / 72 West 45th Street, N.Y.C. 10036" on verso at upper center in black ink; "MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK. / LOG REF: [numerous numbers written in pencil and crossed out] / TO BE RETURNED." on verso at center in black ink; "3[illegible]302" on verso at center in black ink; "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower right in black ink; "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at lower right corner in black ink.

Stickers: white sticker with "BLACKS/Black in / White America" in black typewriting on verso at upper left corner; white sticker with "Consignment / #79110 jlm" in black typewriting on verso at upper left; small round white sticker with "[3 or B]" in black pen on verso at lower right.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso in lower right corner in pencil.
Inscribed "LFBWA-18.2" on verso in upper left corner in pencil; "6000" on verso in upper left corner in pencil; "Book / Print [in box]" on verso in upper left corner in pencil; "Blacks:" on verso at upper center in black pen, crossed out in pencil; "Black Militants [Militants struck through with Muslims written above]" on verso at upper right in black pen; "PT VI / ch. 18" on verso at upper right in pencil; "41703" on verso at center in pencil; "03419 on verso at center in pencil; numerous numbers crossed out on verso center in pencil; "1963 NEW YORK, USA" on verso at lower right in pencil; "69444" on verso at lower left in pencil; "Book: "BLACK IN WHITE AMERICA" p147", "1963 BROOKLYN, NY. USA. / "BLACK JEWS" " on verso at lower left corner in pencil; "63-5-2-9" on verso at lower right corner, in pencil.
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