Paul Robeson with Christine Moore Howell and a child.
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Title
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Paul Robeson with Christine Moore Howell and a child.
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Description
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Paul Robeson with Christine Moore Howell and a child, in front of William Moore’s furniture store on Spring Street.
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Paul Robeson (1898-1976) and Christine Howell (1899 - 1972), well-known Princeton natives, appear in an undated photo seated on the stoop of the entrance to a Spring Street furniture store, accompanied by an unidentified young girl. Christine’s father, William Powell Moore, owned businesses on (4, 6, and 10) Spring Street where he sold clothing, furniture, and antiques. In later years, Christine operated a beauty salon in those properties, from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Christine never had children of her own, but with her husband, Edward Gaylord Howell (1898-1971), she opened her home to two youngsters. As journalist Elsie Ringer observed, “Although they have no children… one, the son of a relative and the other, the daughter of friends. They think of these two as their own.”
Paul Robeson and his wife Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895-1965) had one son, Paul, Jr.
In the sunlit photograph, Paul and Christine sit side by side, a blanket draped across the steps, Christine’s arms encircling the young girl. The child leans in, at ease, the scene radiating warmth and familiarity.
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Paul Robeson Biography
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Rights
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This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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Creator
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Unknown
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Format
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Image
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Spatial Coverage
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Princeton, NJ
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Contributor
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Historical Society of Princeton
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Extent
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1 image
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Identifier
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MS 899
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Date Created
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(c. 1920-1929)
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Subject
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Selling
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Photographs
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Couples
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Preteen girls
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Beauty shops
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Political activists
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New Jersey--Princeton
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Actors, Black
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African American lawyers
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African American singers
