Created by:

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Child or Children  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1940s

Caption:

Work Done a Flight Begun - Remembering the Photo League, New York City, 1940's

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 210.

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of a white-haired man with a beard reading a paper at the base of a staircase. In the background, a boy prepares to launch a paper airplane.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Object number:

2010.74.155

Restrictions & Rights:

© Joe Schwartz

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5152303b8-b454-47cc-a123-0e10f23e6ff4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.74.155