- Photograph by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1940s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (33.7 x 25.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 14 x 10 9/16 in. (35.5 x 26.9 cm)
- Caption
- Shine, Shave and Haircut - Next to Kingsboro Housing Project, Ralph Avenue, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 48.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of the inside of an African American barbershop.
- Place depicted
- Ralph Avenue, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Barbershops
- Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
- Hair
- Labor
- Men
- 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
- 2010.74.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




