[Bookstore in Harlem, New York, exterior] – Antique Print
![[Bookstore in Harlem, New York, exterior], [1962] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/79/79e0c8a4bb9c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Bookstore in Harlem, New York, exterior], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Bookstore in Harlem, New York, exterior]
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Storefront life on a Harlem street gives this 1962 exterior its subject: a bookstore serving the neighborhood's African American community. Henri Cartier-Bresson, the French photographer and a co-founder of the Magnum agency, made the picture during his travels in the United States. In the early 1960s Harlem was a center of Black publishing, bookselling, and political debate, and shops like this one often served as meeting places as much as places to buy. The print offers a useful record of how such businesses looked from the sidewalk.
| Created / published | [1962] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Copyright by H. Cartier-Bresson, Magnum. No. 128. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Commerce--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970. Bookstores--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,270 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-187372 |
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