- 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.




