- Photograph by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 7 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (20.2 x 17.7 cm)
- Caption
- Hole in the Wall - Union Square Park, New York City, 1939
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 51.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a shoe-shiner sleeping at his stand.
- Place depicted
- Union Square Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- 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
- 2010.74.49
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




