Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16760, Collection of African American Men and Boys from New Orleans, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Between the Covers, Rare Books., Inc. by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 10 January 2022.

Content Description

This collection contains three photographs with captions on the verso, "Black children and men taken in or near New Orleans." These images were taken "en route" to New Orleans, possibly from a train, in the 1930s. One photograph shows a group of young boys on a street with an inscription on the reverse that says "New Orleans." Another depicts three boys and one older man singing on train tracks with an inscription that reads "En Route to New Orleans/ Kids singing." The last is a photograph of three boys tumbling on train tracks, with the inscription "En route to New Orleans/ scrambling for money." The photographs are black and white gelatin silver measuring 3 x 5.5 inches

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African American young men
• African Americans
• African Americans -- Photographs
• Louisiana -- New Orleans