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Photograph of a scene from Slave ship
Title
[Photograph of a scene from Slave ship].
Production
[Los Angeles, California], [1937]
Physical Description
1 photograph : black and white print ; 19 x 24 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript notations and photographer's ink stamp on verso.
Text in English.
Provenance
Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann Galleries sale 2503, 2019 March 28, lot 256) on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund, 2019.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Slave Ship was a 1937 motion picture production by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. The film was adapted from George S. King's 1933 historical novel The Last Slaver.
Summary
Photograph of a scene from the 1937 motion picture Slave Ship. Image depicts unidentified African American actors portraying enslaved Africans being whipped by crew members on a slave ship.
Variant and related titles
Slave ship (Motion picture : 1937)
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2021
References
Culver Pictures, Photograph of a Scene from Slave Ship. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Culver Pictures, Photograph of a Scene from Slave Ship. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Film stills.
Gelatin silver prints.
Photographs.
Occupation
Actors United States 20th century.
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