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Title: [Photograph of an African American boy shoe shiner]
Creator: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Contributor: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895?
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Photograph of an African American boy shoe shiner. The boy stands on a sidewalk with his shoeshine box. Buildings, awnings, and streetcars in the background suggest a California city.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
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Title devised by cataloger.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : black and white print ; 10 x 10 cm
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb9974958k
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Nineteenth century
African American boys
African Americans
Shoe shiners
Photographs
California
Place: California

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