- Photograph by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1930s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/8 x 12 13/16 in. (23.8 x 32.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 7/8 x 14 in. (27.7 x 35.6 cm)
- Caption
- Hand and Foot Wrestle Kid-Folk Game - Upper Manhattan, New York, 1930's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 46.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of boys playing a two-person game where the contestants plant their right feet next to each other and then attempt to force each other off the spot. The first to shift their pivot foot loses.
- Place depicted
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Children
- Photography
- Play
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.44
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.