- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1939
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Caption
- Thinking of Home - 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York, 1939
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 185.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a sailor mailing a letter on a New York sidewalk.
- Place depicted
- 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Military
- Photography
- Urban life
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.137
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




