- Photograph by
- Mydans, Carl, American, 1907 - 2004
- Subject of
- Hunter, Lewis, American
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
- H x W (image): 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
- Description
- A gelatin silver print of a black family in South Carolina. The three adults stand furthest from the camera; (from left to right) the father, mother, and grandmother of the family. The mother holds an infant in her arms; the father rests his hands on the shoulders of the smallest standing child, a girl. The tallest child, a boy, stands to the far right adjacent to his grandmother; the remaining child, a boy, stands slightly front and left of his brother in a ripped shirt. The background of the family portrait appears to be the wood paneled side of the family's cabin.
- Place depicted
- Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Children
- Domestic life
- Families
- Photography
- Rural life
- U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.166.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




