- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Caption
- Catching Up - Barrack Lovers, San Leandro Naval Hospital, California, 1945
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 186.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two couples kissing passionately on a sidewalk at the San Leandro Naval Hospital. An inscription on the verso reads ["MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME"].
- Place depicted
- San Leandro, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Photography
- 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
- 2010.74.138
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




