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Carte-de-visite Portrait of Joel Elias Spingarn (age 3-4)

Carte-de-visite (CDV) portrait photograph of Joel Elias Spingarn at age 3-4. The photograph is backstamped "Gustav Flach...1000 Third Avenue, NYC." Flach's studio was at that address until 1877. The image depicts Spingarn, born in New York City to an upper-middle-class Jewish family, who later became a prominent scholar, academic, and civil rights activist. The description includes details of Spingarn's life, including his academic career at Columbia University, his involvement in Progressive politics, his dismissal from Columbia, his contributions to the NAACP, and the establishment of the Spingarn Medal.

Associated People/Businesses

Springarn, Joel Elias

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

African Americans
Civil rights
Comparative literature

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 16, Folder 1