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These Rarely Seen Photographs are a Who’s Who of the Harlem Renaissance

Source: Smithsonian

Read about this collection of photos by Carl Van Vechten, who employed more of an archival rather than artistic method to his work. He sought to photograph as many notable people of the early 20th century as possible.

This entry was posted in The Modern World and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Historic Figures, People on January 1, 2017 by Anita Hacker.

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