- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1930s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.6 x 27.6 cm)
- Caption
- "Bobeh" - Lower Eastside, Manhattan, New York, 1930's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 151.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of an elderly woman sitting on a wood bench. The bench is up against a building with a brick facade, and children are visible in the background.
- Place depicted
- Lower Eastside, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Photography
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.114
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




