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[Portrait of James Weldon Johnson] – Vintage Photo Print

[Portrait of James Weldon Johnson], 1932 Dec. 3. — historic photograph
[Portrait of James Weldon Johnson], 1932 Dec. 3.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Portrait of James Weldon Johnson] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Portrait of James Weldon Johnson]

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This gelatin silver print, made on December 3, 1932, shows James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), the writer, lawyer, diplomat and longtime leader of the NAACP. Carl Van Vechten, a novelist and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance, took the portrait, and it belongs to his large series of celebrity sittings at the Library of Congress. Johnson's best-known work, the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," was written with his brother John Rosamond Johnson, and his anthology of Black American poetry helped shape the period's literary canon.

Created / published1932 Dec. 3.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVI B 5. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsJohnson, James Weldon,--1871-1938.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,068 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119994

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