silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 12 3/4 × 15 5/8 in. (32.4 × 39.7 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
November 1962
Description:
A black and white photograph of the Berry family in their apartment. The family includes a mother and father and their nine children, positioned around a pot belly stove in a multipurpose domestic space. The family includes: left front row: Anthony, Linda, Eartha, Mrs. Berry, Sheila, baby Marpessa, Barbara; rear: Michael, Alexander Jr., wearing a "Sewickley Academy" sweatshirt, Brian, and Alexander. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [471] and a photographer's stamp.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
