Created by
Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
1940s
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm)
Caption
Work Done a Flight Begun - Remembering the Photo League, New York City, 1940's
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 210.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of a white-haired man with a beard, an umbrella salesman, sitting near the bottom of a stoop on St. Mark's Place, reading a newspaper. In the background, a boy prepares to launch a paper airplane.
Place depicted
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
2010.74.155
Restrictions & Rights
© Joe Schwartz
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5152303b8-b454-47cc-a123-0e10f23e6ff4

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