- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 7/8 x 9 in. (22.5 x 22.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 14 x 11 1/16 in. (35.5 x 28.1 cm)
- Caption
- When a Friend Needs a Friend - Kingsboro Housing Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 14.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two women working at something with their hands as a young boy looks on.
- Place depicted
- Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, 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
- 2010.74.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




