- 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 and Sheet): 9 7/16 x 7 15/16 in. (24 x 20.2 cm)
- Caption
- Shoe Shine Boy - Eastern Parkway, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 48.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a boy preparing to shine shoes by pouring shine onto a brush.
- Place depicted
- Eastern Parkway, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Children
- Labor
- 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
- 2010.74.45
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




