Created by
Hine, Lewis Wickes, American, 1874 - 1940
Subject of
Bordentown School, American, 1886 - 1955
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
ca. 1935
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Description
A gelatin silver print of four women working in a kitchen at the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey. A fifth, older woman oversees a younger as she ices a cake.
Place depicted
Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Cooking and dining
Education
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg
Object number
2011.165.6
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50baba0b3-c148-4a17-95ee-12524520d2c9

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