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Documenting our past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project

Black-and-white photographs of the African American community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1930 to 1970 taken by Teenie Harris, African American photographer for the African American newspaper the Pittsburgh Courier

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Creator
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998

Date of Original
1930/1970

Subject
African American photographers--Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Courier Publishing Co.
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--History--20th century

People
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998

Location
United States, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, 40.44062, -79.99589

Medium
black-and-white photographs

Type
StillImage

Description
Teenie Harris' photographs portray a range of subjects, evoke the spirit of an era, and display the humanity of a people. Harris' 40-year career with the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest and most influential Black newspapers in the country, began as the nation emerged from the Depression and ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Numbering upwards of 80,000 images, this archive represents the largest single collection of photographic images of any Black community in the United States-or the world for that matter.
In 2001, Carnegie Museum of Art acquired the collection from the Harris family. The museum is in the process of cataloguing and digitizing the images and plans to present a major retrospective on Harris' work in 2009. Using the museum's online collection search page, you can now view over 18,000 images in the collection, and more are being added to the database each week. Since many of the photographs and negatives were not labeled, the museum asks the assistance of the public in helping to identify the people, places, and events in the images and provides an e-mail link included in every Teenie Harris negative record in our online database.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
https://cmoa.org/art/teenie-harris-archive/

Rights Holder
Carnegie Museum of Art

Contributing Institution
Carnegie Museum of Art

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Creator Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998 Subject Discrimination in employment--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Subject Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh

1. NAACP Protesters, including Mary Gloucester in foreground, holding signs reading "Old Man Tokenism..." and "Don't Buy Here" picketing Sears, Roebuck and Company

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1965/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

2. Picketers carrying NAACP protest signs marching outside United Mine Safety Appliance Company

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

3. Protesters from NAACP outside Mine Safety Appliance Company on Braddock Avenue with signs protesting employment discrimination

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

4. Woman and two men looking at Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper with headline inscribed "Firm Has 5 Negroes on 1,500-Man Force" in office interior with 1962 calendar on wall in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

5. Women protesting outside Beck Fifth Avenue Shoe Store, holding a sign reading "We buy where we can work"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

6. Large group of protesters marching past US Steel building through downtown Pittsburgh

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

7. NAACP sponsored group of five protesters outside of Sears department store, with signs reading "Down with Tokenism" and "Equal Job Opportunities for All"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

8. Protesters including Mal Goode, picketing outside Civic Arena carrying signs such as "Why No Jobs, We Pay Taxes Too," Lee & Sons Electric Wiring car parked beside them

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

9. Protesters marching in front Pittsburgh Board of Education Building on Bellefield Avenue, one with placard reading "Citizens Committee Says Negro Teachers Want Upgrading NOW!"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1955/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

10. Protesters marching in front Pittsburgh Board of Education Building on Bellefield Avenue, one with placard reading "Citizens Committee Says NOW!"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1955/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

11. Alberta Jordan Reaves protesting in front of Isaly's carrying sign reading: "Isaly's Discriminate Against Negroes By Refusing To Hire Them As Counter Clerks"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

12. Alberta Jordan Reaves protesting in front of Isaly's, carrying sign reading "Isaly's discriminate against Negroes by refusing to hire them as counter clerks"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art