- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1930s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 15/16 x 6 3/4 in. (25.2 x 17.1 cm)
- H x W (Mat): 10 1/4 x 7 in. (26 x 17.8 cm)
- Caption
- Mama Remembered - 612 Hancock Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 3.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a woman, the photographer's mother Rose, administering to food in a bowl while seated on a chair in a kitchen. An inscription on the verso reads: [MY MOTHER ROSE / 612 HANCOCK ST / B'KLYN, N.Y. BED-STUY].
- Place depicted
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Cooking and dining
- Domestic life
- Families
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




