1930s Harlem (photos, video, audio) by Maroon Arts

1930s Harlem- Colorized

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"I Remember Harlem" Documentary (video, interviews)

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Part I (1600- 1939) goes to the 1:35 mark

Great Depression Era at the 1:03 mark

Father Divine at 1:04 mark

Running numbers 1:10 mark

Arts and Culture in Harlem/ WPA at 1:16 mark

Riots of 1935 at 1:20 mark

Harlem in the Great Depression

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1930s Harlem in Color

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Paul Robeson in Showboat (1936)

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Police Officer Leading Injured Man

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A police officers leads away a man injured in the Harlem Riots of 1935. More than 5,000 police officers, firefighters, and soldiers were sent into Harlem after a night of rioting with four deaths and 195 injuries.

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Cotton Club 1934

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Jitterbug in Harlem (mid 1930s)

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Gladys Bentley (circa 1930)

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Harlem (1930s)

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Cootie Williams at the Savoy with Duke (1930s)

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Harlem Dancers (1930s)

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Parade of Rent Protesters (1936)

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(Original Caption) 10/11/1936-New York, NY - A view of part of the parade of 4,000 white and colored followers of Father Divine who demonstrated in Harlem to protest against high rents. Started by the Consolidated Tennants League, supported by 20 affiliated organizations, to denounce from 5 to 30 percent rent increases, the parade finally developed into a demonstration to extoll the "Godliness" of Father Divine. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/new-york-ny-a-view-of-part-of-the-parade-of-4-000-white-and-news-photo/515954324?adppopup=true

Police Feed Poor in Harlem (1932)

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Outside the Savoy Ballroom (1935)

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NEW YORK: (L-R) Roy Eldridge, Russell Procope, Chu Berry and Dicky Wells pose together in front of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York in 1935.

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Living Conditions In Harlem (circa 1935)

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A woman standing beside a bathtub in a kitchen, with kitchen utensils hanging on the wall, living conditions in the Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, circa 1935.

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Dancers Performing at the Cotton Club (1930s)

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Cotton Club (1934)

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Crowds At The Lafayette Theatre In Harlem At The Opening Of "Macbeth" (1936)

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Harlem Protests on behalf of the Scotsboro Boys (1932)

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Original Caption) Harlem Blacks protesting against conviction of Haywood Patterson, one of the accused in Scotsboro Case involving rape of two white girls. Photograph, 1932.

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Stephanie St. Clair Hamid in Custody (1930s)

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Bojangles (1932)

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Adelaide Hall at the Harlem Opera (1933) (audio only)

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Front page of the Daily News dated March 20, 1935

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Daily News front page March 21, 1935

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Press interview Lino Rivera whose rumored death started the riot (1935)

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After the Harlem riot was contained, 125 people were arrested, more than 100 people had been injured, and three died.

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Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, unknown guitar player and Johnny Russell pose in Harlem (1935)

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Fats Waller (1937)

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Apollo Theatre (1935)

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Theatregoers outside the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London where 'Espionage' is showing.

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Oscar Micheaux film poster (1935)

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“Little Genevieve” Genevieve Glover, conductor of the Sunset Royals, wearing zoot suit and dancing in front of musicians (1939)

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Vintage Postcard of NY (1935)

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"Haiti "by WEB Dubois (late 1930s)

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"Poster for a play about Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian general and leader of the Haitian Revolution. The play was produced by the Negro Theatre Unit and presented at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem, New York City, and toured to Boston. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances."

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Black and White Revue (mid to late 1930s)

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"'Federal Theatres Entertainment Challenge - Black & White Revue - 30 Sepian Entertainers - 30 White Variety Stars - A Battle of Songs - Dances - Music - Comedy - Bobby Holme's Orchestra - Sweet Rhythm versus Harlem Swing - Winthrop Lodge of Elks Xmas Basket Fund...Children's Mat[inee] at 3pm'. Poster for stage show featuring African-American and white performers. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. 'Sepia' or 'sepian' was a term used in the entertainment business, usually as a euphemism for 'black'."

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