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Jesús Colón and Evelina Antonetty

Title:
Jesús Colón and Evelina Antonetty
Collection:
Joe Conzo Jr. Archive
Creator:
Conzo, Joe, Jr. (American hip hop photographer)
Date:
ca. 1940-1959
Location:
Bronx, New York, New York, United States
Country:
United States
Identifier:
JC_01954
Work Type:
black-and-white negatives
Subject:
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Antonetty, Evelina, 1922-1984
Colón, Jesús, 1901-
Description:
A photograph of a photograph of Jesús Colón giving a speech at an unidentified location in the Bronx. Evelina Antonetty is at left. This copy photograph was taken at Joe Conzo's apartment in Michelangelo Apartments, ca. 1979-1980.
Cite As:
Joe Conzo, Jr. photographs and ephemera, #8091. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Joe Conzo, Jr. Archive
Rights:
All images on this site, unless otherwise indicated, were taken by Joe Conzo and are © Cornell University Library and Joe Conzo. The low resolution copies found on this site may be used for non-profit, educational purposes. For other uses, including the use of the images on advertising-supported web sites or for high-resolution copies of the images, please contact for information on licensing.

About the collection

The Cornell Hip Hop Collection is the proud home of the archive of photographer Joe Conzo, Jr., featuring more than 15,000 of his negatives and prints. Called "The man who took Hip-Hop's baby pictures" by the New York Times, Joe Conzo captured images of the South Bronx between 1978 and 1983, including early hip hop jams, street scenes, and Latin music performers and events.