Created by
Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
1948
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 12 9/16 in. (23.5 x 31.9 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.3 cm)
Caption
Smash Jim Crow - New 3rd Party Headquarters, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1948
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 112.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of a meeting outside the offices of the American Labor Party. Men and women stand and talk to each other or look towards the camera. The office marquee loudly supports the Progressive Party ticket of Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor. It also lists endorsed candidates for the positions of state senate, city court, assembly, and the county court.
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
Topic
Photography
Politics
Race discrimination
Race relations
Segregation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
Object number
2010.74.94
Restrictions & Rights
© Joe Schwartz
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5293e0a80-2f2b-4dae-8eba-356e3168b6a4

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