- Photograph by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965
- Date
- 1930s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 10 9/16 x 13 7/16 in. (26.8 x 34.1 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (28 x 35.3 cm)
- Caption
- Open Kitchen - Father Devine, The Black Panthers and other socially conscious groups offered free meals and shelter to the community in some abandoned buildings, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 65.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a building used by Father Divine to provide food and shelter during the 1930s. A hand painted sign on the door reads "Pacific Open Kitchen." The building next door is delapidated, with broken windows and missing steps. An inscription on the verso reads [FATHER DEVINE'S OPEN KITCHEN 1940's BROOKLYN].
- Place depicted
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.63
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




