Research Catalog

Street views in New York City, principally in Harlem and the Lower East Side but including Midtown, East Harlem, Brooklyn, Kingston and White Plains, New York

Title
  1. Street views in New York City, principally in Harlem and the Lower East Side but including Midtown, East Harlem, Brooklyn, Kingston and White Plains, New York [graphic] / Beuford Smith.
Published by
  1. 1961-1966.
Author
  1. Smith, Beuford, 1941-

Details

Additional authors
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Description
  1. 23 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 19.3 x 24.3 cm. and smaller.
Summary
  1. Principally street scenes of children playing, storefronts and dwellings in the New York City neighborhoods of Harlem and the Lower East Side but including East Harlem, Midtown, East New York and Brooklyn. Harlem views include scenes of Malcolm X speaking outside the Harlem Square Bookstore. Other views include a portrait of Betty Shabazz and Juanita Poitier with a painted portrait of Malcolm X in White Plains, New York and a still-life in Kingston, New York.
Subject
  1. Poitier, Juanita
  2. Shabazz, Betty
  3. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
  4. African Americans
  5. Automobiles > 1960-1969
  6. Bookstores
  7. Chairs
  8. Chinese Americans
  9. Children
  10. Children playing outdoors
  11. Children playing with toys
  12. Children > Clothing and dress
  13. Churches
  14. City & town life
  15. Clothing & dress
  16. Clothing industry
  17. Crosses
  18. Dolls
  19. Doors & doorways
  20. Dwellings
  21. Florists shops
  22. Flowers
  23. Graffiti
  24. Jewelry
  25. Laborers
  26. Markets
  27. Men
  28. Mothers & children
  29. Muslims
  30. Painting
  31. Podiums
  32. Political organizations > 1960-1969
  33. Posters
  34. Priests
  35. Presidents > 1960-1969
  36. Public speaking
  37. Reflections
  38. Refuse
  39. Refuse disposal
  40. Religious articles
  41. Scales
  42. Smoking
  43. Sound recording industry
  44. Streets
  45. Subways
  46. Teenagers
  47. Umbrellas
  48. Vending machines
  49. Window displays
  50. Windows
  51. Women
  52. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  53. East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  54. Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  55. Kingston (N.Y.)
  56. Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
  57. Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  58. New York (N.Y.)
  59. Times Square (New York, N.Y.)
  60. White Plains (N.Y.)
Genre/Form
  1. Cityscapes.
  2. Interiors.
  3. Portraits.
  4. Still-life photographs.
  5. Photographic prints.
  6. Silver gelatin photographic prints.
Call number
  1. MFZ (Smith, B.) 93-6214
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
  2. Collection stamps on some items, verso.
  3. Photographer's stamps, verso.
  4. Titles, dates inscribed in ink on some items, verso.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Cite as (note)
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Provenance (note)
  1. Transfer, 1991.
Author
  1. Smith, Beuford, 1941- photographer.
Title
  1. Street views in New York City, principally in Harlem and the Lower East Side but including Midtown, East Harlem, Brooklyn, Kingston and White Plains, New York [graphic] / Beuford Smith.
Imprint
  1. 1961-1966.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite as:
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of use
  1. Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Finding aids
  1. Detailed inventory available.
Provenance
  1. Transfer, 1991.
Added author
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Research call number
  1. MFZ (Smith, B.) 93-6214
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