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Ol’ Man River, 1936

    Black and white photo of Paul Robeson, in costume for the 1936 film Showboat, seated on a river wharf near a bale of cotton.

    Paul Robeson in costume as Joe the Riverman for the film Showboat.

    1936
    Copyright
    Undetermined as reviewed by NYPL; author’s use is non-commercial & educational for publicly accessible West Philadelphia Collaborative History.
    Attribution/Credit

    Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library, "Paul Robeson in costume for Show Boat”; accessed from New York Public Library Digital Collections, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1f519c0-ff8b-012f-641a-58d385a7bc34, 12 January 2022.