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: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Caption
Westside Sisters - 12th Street, Manhattan, New York, 1940's
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 157.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of two nuns crossing 12th Street in Manhattan.
Place depicted
12th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Catholicism
Photography
Religion
Urban life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
Object number
2010.74.122
Restrictions & Rights
© Joe Schwartz
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c7836faf-5109-4cf5-9435-64cd876d27be

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