People’s Free Food Program, Palo Alto, California, 1972
- Photograph by
- Shames, Stephen, American, born 1947
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Date
- 1972, printed 2014
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 19 3/4 × 16 in. (50.2 × 40.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 18 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (47.3 × 31.9 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of two older women sitting side-by-side on a bench. Both women are wearing floral print dresses, and are facing the camera. The woman on the proper right is wearing glasses and holds a newspaper in her left hand. The woman on the left is resting her arms on her handbag in her lap. The women have bags of food placed on the ground in front of their legs. The bags read: [PEOPLE'S/ FREE FOOD/ PROGRAM], and there is an image of a black panther, the Black Panther Party logo, between the lines [PEOPLE'S] and [FREE FOOD].
- Place depicted
- Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Black power
- Cooking and dining
- Health
- Photography
- Politics
- Resistance
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.123.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Stephen Shames
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.