Image / African Americans on horseback, possibly for western movies, 1940s-1950s

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Title: African Americans on horseback, possibly for western movies, 1940s-1950s
Alternative Title: Black Actors in White Studios
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940s-1950s]
1940/1960
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Two photographs or actors in cowboy costumes, probably for westerns produced by white studios. 1) 3 white men dressed as cowboys on a corral. 2) An African American man and woman each on horseback with a woman standing between them in a corral.
Written on back of photo: From Silhouette Magazine
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f11_002a.tif
ark:/21198/z105903c
Subject: African American actors
Cowboys
African American actresses
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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