Photograph by
Espada, Frank, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
Date
June 4, 1981; printed later
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Description
A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a young child, Margarita, crouched on the floor writing in a bilingual classroom with her back to the camera. Wearing a horizontally stripped shirt, pants, and shoes, she is writing on a piece of paper with her proper right hand. The bottom of the blackboard is lined with posters of numbers. Written in chalk on the blackboard are instructions for the day, the date [Thursday / June 4, 1981], a sentence [Yesterday I was on television] followed by a drawn picture of someone on a TV. To the left are examples of three columns numbers one through five and words focused on the pronunciation of the letters J, K, and L.
There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
Place depicted
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Cultural Place
Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
inkjet prints
Topic
Children
Communities
Education
Migrations
Multilingual communication
Photography
Urban life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Object number
2021.53.36
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Frank Espada
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd533c78e47-2670-4561-adda-85c2e69603b4

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