- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Mary Elizabeth
- William Lewis
- Date
- ca. 1940 - 1945
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 16 1/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.8 × 50.5 cm)
- H x W (Image): 13 × 15 7/16 in. (33 × 39.2 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of two children identified as Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis with Easter Sunday baskets. Mary Elizabeth is wearing skirt, dress top, and jacket ensemble with a straw hat while William Lewis wears a darker, houndstooth patterned coat and cap. They are holding hands and are looking into the camera as they stand on the sidewalk. 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: [1037.01] and a photographer's stamp.
- Place depicted
- Hill District, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- 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
- 2014.302.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.