Photograph by:

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 10 9/16 x 13 7/16 in. (26.8 x 34.1 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (28 x 35.3 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1930s

Caption:

Open Kitchen - Father Devine, The Black Panthers and other socially conscious groups offered free meals and shelter to the community in some abandoned buildings, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 65.

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of a building used by Father Divine to provide food and shelter during the 1930s.

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:

2010.74.63

Restrictions & Rights:

© Joe Schwartz

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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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/fd53ad50deb-19bc-435c-a2bb-2686d7192b41

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.74.63