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Also Known As James Van Der Zee • James Augustus Joseph VanDerZee
Born June 29, 1886 • Lenox • Massachusetts
Died May 15, 1983 (aged 96) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Movement / Style Harlem Renaissance

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Future Expectations, photograph by James VanDerZee, c. 1925.
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