- Photograph 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 and Sheet): 10 3/8 x 8 5/16 in. (26.4 x 21.1 cm)
- Caption
- Over the Fence - Kingsboro Housing Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 38.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of three boys at the Kingsborough Houses. Two pass a wooden box of a chainlink fence. A third is hopping over the fence. An inscription on the back reads ["OVER THE FENCE" 1940's-KINGSBORO, BKLYN].
- 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
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




