Created by
Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
1940s
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (26.7 x 33.7 cm)
Caption
Suspicious - Kingsboro Housing Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 156.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of two older women at the Kingsborough Houses glancing over the back of a bench to look at the camera. There are several inscriptions on the rectoreading "SUSPICIOUS", "What's a nice Jewish boy doing mit a schvacher?" and
KINGSBORO HOUSING PROJECT "IN TWOS." On the verso is ["SUSPICIOUS" NEG #78 BENCH SERIES, K.H.P., BKLYN, 1940's].
Place depicted
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Housing
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
2010.74.120
Restrictions & Rights
© Joe Schwartz
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57456946f-4745-440f-9bf5-461ffee271fe

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