Freedom Fund Dinner, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, November 22, 1957 / Standard Flashlight Co. Inc., New York City. – Vintage Print
(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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Freedom Fund Dinner, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, November 22, 1957 / Standard Flashlight Co. Inc., New York City. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Freedom Fund Dinner, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, November 22, 1957 / Standard Flashlight Co. Inc., New York City.
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The Freedom Fund dinner held at the Hotel Roosevelt in Manhattan on November 22, 1957, was one of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's annual fundraising banquets, and this panoramic print captures the full width of the room. The NAACP used these dinners to raise money for its legal campaigns, and the 1957 event came only weeks after the Civil Rights Act passed Congress and as the Little Rock school crisis was drawing national attention. The photograph was made by Standard Flashlight Company, a New York commercial studio that often documented large events, so the wide format shows how many guests filled the banquet hall.
| Created / published | 1957 Nov. 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Panoramic photographs 1950-1960.Photographic prints 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Images available on microfilm (including finding aid); Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. No. 108[3?]. Forms part of: Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Meetings--1950-1960. African Americans--Civil rights--1950-1960. Banquets--1950-1960. Fund raising--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,266 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-206892 |
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