Brown Sisters Walk to School
- Photograph by
- Iwasaki, Hikaru Carl, American, 1923 - 2016
- Subject of
- Brown, Linda, American, 1942 - 2018
- Brown, Terry, American, born 1945
- Date
- 1953
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 11 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (29.1 × 21.3 cm)
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts the Brown sisters walking between train tracks en route to Monroe Elementary, the segregated Black school closest to their home. The sisters walk between a passing or parked train and unoccupied train tracks which both recede into a vanishing point slightly above the tallest girl's head. Their backs are to the camera and both girls are captured mid-step in the image. The oldest sister, Linda, holds a brown bag lunch in her PR hand while the younger sister, Terry, holds a brown bag lunch in her PL hand. Both girls wear knee-length overcoats.
- Place depicted
- Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.166.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carl Iwasaki/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.