- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Strawder, Thomas
- McDaniels, Thomas
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 13/16 × 16 7/8 in. (30 × 42.9 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a swimming pool. In the center middle ground, a life guard holds a boy on his stomach in the water as he learns to swim. In the background, there are other children swimming and playing in the pool. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom left corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [320] and a photographer's stamp.
- Place depicted
- Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 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, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
- Object number
- 2014.302.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




