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Children cutting bread which was brought to the Free Huey Rally by the Diggers, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 35

Catalog Data

Photograph by:
Ruth-Marion Baruch, German American, 1922 - 1997  Search this
Printed by:
Palm Press, American, founded 1977  Search this
Subject of:
Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982  Search this
Unidentified Child or Children  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
Date:
July 28, 1968; printed 2012
Description:
A black-and-white image of five young African American boys sitting on the grass cutting loaves of bread.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Photography  Search this
Politics  Search this
Social reform  Search this
U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Pirkle Jones Foundation
Object number:
2012.83.5
Restrictions & Rights:
© Regents of the University of California
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series:
A Photo Essay on the Black Panthers, 1968
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f3ad5188-7ede-4044-a84b-33840c5dbbc8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.83.5