- Photograph by
- White, John H., American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1970-1989
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (24.8 × 19.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a pregnant woman in the spray from a fire hydrant. The woman is wearing shirt and pants and has her hair braided. Her arms are out at her sides and she is smilling. There is a girl standing next to her on the right. Splashes of water are visable behind them and fill the frame. There are two stamps on the back of the photograph. The stamp int he top left reads [(c) COPYRIGHT/ JOHN H. WHITE]. The stamp on the center right reads [(c) PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE].
- Place collected
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
- Object number
- 2016.118.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © John H. White
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




