The Tale Has Been Told
- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1939; printed 1950
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm)
- Caption
- The Tale Has Been Told - Hancock Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1939
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 212.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of seven children on the side of a New York street. Five children sit on the curb, and a sixth sits in a small chair. The last stands and holds the attention of the other six.
- Place depicted
- Hancock Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Children
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.157
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.