- Photograph by
- Williams, Milton, American, born 1940
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- March 1974
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, mounting board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
- Caption
- Checker players at the corner of Sixth and Q Streets in northwest Washington. March 1974.
- Milton Williams, Moments in Time, 1973-1993 (Nashville: James C. Winston Publishing Co., 1996), 147.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of seven men wearing coats and hats outside a storefront. Several of the men sit on upturned crates around a checkerboard balanced on one man's lap. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped on the back.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Communities
- Local and regional
- Photography
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
- Object number
- 2011.15.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Milton Williams
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




