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DR-A005 Untitled ("Harry Pool Hall Manhattan")

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Title

DR-A005 Untitled ("Harry Pool Hall Manhattan")

Subject

Entertainment; David Ramey.

Description

Image features a pool hall with several men playing around the three tables. Several men are also smoking as they play. A cobweb hangs from the top left corner. A fridge on the left side reads, "Coak Colas", and three signs on the left side read, "World Boxing May 10 1958 Sugar Ray Robinson", "Ebony Club June 6 Wilson Pickett", and "Vote for Nixson". Men appear to be socializing as they play.

Story in The Times and Life on Henry Street (2012), p. 18. Displayed in the Harrison Museum of African American Culture Exhibit 2023-2024.

Creator

David A. Ramey

Publisher

Roanoke Public Libraries

Date

n.d.

Contributor

Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries

Rights

Copyright Status: Copyright is held by David A. Ramey, LLC.

Conditions Governing Publication and Other Uses: All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted in writing to David A. Ramey, LLC. Contact repository manager for further information.

Format

8.5x11"

Identifier

DR-A005

Medium

Ink and Colored Pencil on Paper

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Drawing

Citation

David A. Ramey, “DR-A005 Untitled ("Harry Pool Hall Manhattan"),” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed July 23, 2026, https://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/DR-A005.