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[Marcus Garvey, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform] – Vintage Photo Print

[Marcus Garvey, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform], 1926 — historic photograph
[Marcus Garvey, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform], 1926. 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 full-length view shows Marcus Garvey in the uniform he favored for public appearances as leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Garvey, born in Jamaica in 1887, built the UNIA into one of the largest mass movements of its era after he settled in New York in 1916, and by 1926 his parades and rallies in Harlem drew large crowds. The autograph and the credit to Toussaint Studios suggest the portrait was made for distribution among supporters. Garvey was deported from the United States in 1927, so this picture dates from the height of his American influence.

Created / published1926
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNew York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Autographed. Photo by Toussaint Studios, N.Y. No. A26811.
SubjectsGarvey, Marcus,--1887-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,284 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184644

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