Created by
Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
1965
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 1/4 x 15 in. (26 x 38.1 cm)
Caption
Louisiana
PO-BOY (poor boy) originally the name for a sandwich the poorer working people bought for lunch, a lot of food for little money. 'I am the PO-BOY,' said the owner of the fruit stand.
Leonard Freed, Black in White America (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969), 53.
Description
Silver gelatin photograh featuring an image of man wearing a hat with folded arms shown in front of Po-Boy Fruit Stand sign.
Place depicted
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Foodways
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
Object number
2009.36.4
Restrictions & Rights
© Leonard Freed/Magnum
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a95e916c-af38-4e0e-bdcd-7193c7096722

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