| HARLEM Great views of Harlem | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7553 |
| Catalog #: | 487702 | |
| Clip Number: | 487702-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 68 G | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:19 - 01:27:47 | |
| Location: | Harlem, New York, NY, USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African - Americans LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York SCENICS: Urban | |
| Description: | Top view street in Harlem. "Seventh Avenue is Harlem's celebrated Gay Black Way". Shots of African Americans and other people on streets of Harlem. "Rue de Rivoli, Unter der Linden, Fifth Avenue and Broadway all combined." More shots of streets in Harlem. "Seventh Avenue atmosphere is colorful." Shots of shops like Hung Far Low, Frank's Fish Market, a tensorial Parlour or Barbers shop. Lots of well dressed African-American's on the streets of Harlem. A man has his photograph taken on the street. "Dusky debutantes". A group of young women gathered on the corner of a street. A man raises his hat. "Harlem's Finest". CU Black police officer on traffic duty. "Palace of sartorial splendor - this is where the kink goes straight." A man in a barber's shop having lotion rubbed into his hair. "A polished gen'mun about town". A man sitting getting his nails polished / having a manicure. A man is having his hair brushed at the hairdressers. "Brothers of the Lodge." Procession of black men wearing what appears to be Freemason's regalia. | |
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