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  • Panther Free Food Program. Children Prepare Bags of Food for Distribution at the Oakland Coliseum at the Black Panther Community Survival Conference, Oakland, California, March 1972

    Panther Free Food Program. Children Prepare Bags of Food for Distribution at the Oakland Coliseum at the Black Panther Community Survival Conference, Oakland, California, March 1972

    Photograph by
    Shames, Stephen, American, born 1947
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
    H x W (Image): 18 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (47.3 × 31.9 cm)
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Place depicted
    Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    March 1972, printed 2014
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph showing children preparing bags of food to be distributed through the Panther Free Food Program at the Black Panther Community Survival Conference in Oakland, California. Four (4) children, two (2) boys and two (2) girls, are placing bags of puffed wheat cereal into brown paper grocery bags that have been organized in rows.
    Topic
    African American
    Black power
    Cooking and dining
    Health
    Photography
    Politics (Practical)
    Resistance
    Social reform
    United States--History--1969-2001
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.123.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Stephen Shames
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • People’s Free Food Program, Palo Alto, California, 1972

    People’s Free Food Program, Palo Alto, California, 1972

    Photograph by
    Shames, Stephen, American, born 1947
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (Sheet): 19 3/4 × 16 in. (50.2 × 40.6 cm)
    H x W (Image): 18 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (47.3 × 31.9 cm)
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Place depicted
    Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1972, printed 2014
    Description
    A black-and-white photograph of two older women sitting side-by-side on a bench. Both women are wearing floral print dresses, and are facing the camera. The woman on the proper right is wearing glasses and holds a newspaper in her left hand. The woman on the left is resting her arms on her handbag in her lap. The women have bags of food placed on the ground in front of their legs. The bags read: [PEOPLE'S/ FREE FOOD/ PROGRAM], and there is an image of a black panther, the Black Panther Party logo, between the lines [PEOPLE'S] and [FREE FOOD].
    Topic
    African American
    Black power
    Cooking and dining
    Health
    Photography
    Politics (Practical)
    Resistance
    Social reform
    United States--History--1969-2001
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.123.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Stephen Shames
    See more items in
    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
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