JAMES WELDON JOHNSON (ca. 1930) Portrait

New York: Blackstone Studios, [ca. 1930]. Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white double weight print still photo. With photographer’s stamp on verso and a strip of paper to which a mimeographed label presumably was once attached. Near fine.

A portrait of the distinguished African American writer, civil rights activist, and a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.