Photograph by
Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
Subject of
Tanner, Ondria, American
Thornton, Ondria, American, born 1917
Date
1956
Medium
pigment ink on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 14 × 14 in. (35.6 × 35.6 cm)
H x W (paper): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
H x W (mat): 22 × 22 in. (55.9 × 55.9 cm)
Description
A color pigment print titled “Ondria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-shopping, Mobile, Alabama” by Gordon Parks. The photograph was taken from behind a display case full of white mannequin children. Looking into the display case is a child, Ondria Tanner, and her grandmother, Ondria Thornton, who has her proper left arm around the younger Ondria. Ondria is wearing an orange dress and her grandmother is wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and a mint green skirt. Behind them is a display case of white mannequin adults.
On the back of the photograph is the Gordon Parks Foundation copyright and authentication stamp with signature, print date and edition number in pencil.
Place captured
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
pigment prints
photographs
Topic
American South
Clothing and dress
Families
Photography
Segregation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
Object number
2023.39.39
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Gordon Parks
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b4029d4-726f-4327-b5df-dd157589f2de

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