1930/1940
Langston Hughes sits by a typewriter.
African American authors, African American poets, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
1928/1938
A portrait of Claude McKay. Written on recto: Claude McKay, author of "Banjo" and "Home to Harlem," whose new novel, "Banana Bottom," will be published by Harper & Brothers on March 29th, has been living in Spain and Morocco for the last three years. The background of his novel is the island of Jamaica, British West Indies, where Mr. McKay was born. Written on verso: For Harold Jackman After a five year interval wit[?] the same sentiment. Claude McKay
African American authors, African American poets, Portraits and people, Harlem Renaissance
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
1925/1935
Langston Hughes smokes a cigarette while writing.
African American authors, African American poets, Portraits and people
Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection