- Photograph by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1930s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 12 5/8 x 10 9/16 in. (32.1 x 26.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 9/16 x 10 7/8 in. (34.4 x 27.7 cm)
- Caption
- Ghetto Recreation - Folk Game, Crap Shooting, Sutter Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 94.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of men shooting craps down a stairwell off the sidewalk.
- Place depicted
- Sutter Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Amusements
- 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
- 2010.74.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




