Photograph of Eunice Cook inspecting a jail cell at Centre Avenue police station
- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Cook, Eunice, American, born 1907
- Date
- June 1949
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (21.9 × 16.5 cm)
- H x W (Image): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Eunice Cook inspecting a bed at Centre Avenue police station. Cook is wearing a pencil skirt, matching blazer, and large-brimmed hat. She stands next to a bed and pulls up the sheets from the end of the mattress. The camera angle is from the exterior of the room so that the wall and open door are visible; both wall and door have cutouts with metal bars fitted into the empty spaces. The back of the photograph has a barcode sticker and a yellow circle sticker at center.
- Place depicted
- 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
- 2014.302.34
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.