Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Untitled (outside Apollo Theatre)
1934-1940s
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of a line of unidentified people outside the Apollo Theater by Arthur Leipzig. The line extends from the box office on the right side of the image down the sidewalk. The men and women in the queue are facing various directions. Most of the men are wearing hats and coats. A few people in line, including the man closest to the box office, are looking at the camera. There is an unidentified man in a dark coat and hat walking past the line looking at the camera. The architecture and lights of the Apollo Theater can be partially seen in the image. There is a handwritten numerical inscription and the photographer's signature on the reverse.
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Catalog reference: 2017.67.3
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