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Start Over Collection Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971

Harlem. Tree of Hope (Wishing Tree), 1940 September 4- Box 225

Slide number 4. Image set number CCXVII. Tree of Hope was an elm tree that originally stood in front of the Lafayette Theatre between 131st and 132nd Streets. On November 4, 1934, Bill Robinson replanted its stump on a traffic island on 7th Avenue at West 131st Street.

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Photographs, 1932-1964
  4. Color Slides
  5. Places
  6. New York City. Manhattan

Harlem. Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York., 135th Street Branch, 1940 October 5- Box 225

Slide number 90. Image set number CCXLI. Located at 180 West 135the Street; location misidentified by Van Vechten as West 134th Street.

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters, 1800-1971
  3. Photographs, 1932-1964
  4. Color Slides
  5. Places
  6. New York City. Manhattan