On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Newman, Princetta, American, born 1943
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
ca. 1950
Medium
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 3 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (8.9 × 8.6 cm)
Description
A black-and-white photograph of a man, woman and child posing in a car. The trio are posed on the front passenger seat of a 2-door dark-colored car. The little girl is at the proper left, the man is in the middle, and the woman is at the proper right. The little girl is standing on the running board of the car, the man is seated on the running board with his right arm around the little girl and his left hand on the door of the car, and the woman is seated behind the man, with her right arm behind the little girl. There are bleachers in the background. The photograph has a white border, and the bottom edge is cut off. The handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies the people in the photograph as Ed, Princetta and Gert.
Collection title
The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
photographs
portraits
Topic
American South
American West
Children
Communities
Families
Transportation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Object number
2014.75.75
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e61c157e-c8d6-411a-a00d-b18a5cd7eda0

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