- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 10 3/4 x 9 7/16 in. (27.3 x 24 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 28 cm)
- Caption
- Kid-Folks Touching - Kingsboro Playground, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 15.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two schoolgirls at the Kingsborough Houses holding hands as they hang upside down from a jungle gym. An inscription on the back reads ["Kid-Folks Touching" / (Kingsboro Housing Projects) / D-40s].
- Place depicted
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Children
- Housing
- Photography
- Play
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




