Photograph by
Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
ca. 1945
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Description
A black and white photographic print of children at a cotton candy booth. At center there is an open-mouthed, wide-eyed young boy being handed cotton candy on a wooden stick by the cotton candy vendor. Around the boy there is a tightly pressed crowd of boys at the front of the cotton candy stand. The boy to the proper right of the boy receiving the cotton candy looks at the camera while placing a large amount of cotton candy in his own mouth. Some of the other boys look directly into the camera, which appears to be providing the main light source in this exterior nighttime shot; some smile while others simply stare. The shot is situated from the back right corner of the cotton candy stall; an out of focus metal beam supporting the stall tent cuts through the left side of the image at a slight angle. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the numbers: [1171], [1171.02], and a photographer's stamp.
Place depicted
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Amusements
Black Press
Children
Photography
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
2014.302.5
Restrictions & Rights
© Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57c4e987e-4eca-451c-804d-493a6a9575ab

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