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Photograph by:
Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Type:
inkjet prints
Place depicted:
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Cultural Place:
Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Date:
June 4, 1981; printed later
Description:
A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a young child, Margarita, crouched on the floor writing in a bilingual classroom with her back to the camera. Wearing a horizontally stripped shirt, pants, and shoes, she is writing on a piece of paper with her proper right hand. The bottom of the blackboard is lined with posters of numbers. Written in chalk on the blackboard are instructions for the day, the date [Thursday / June 4, 1981], a sentence [Yesterday I was on television] followed by a drawn picture of someone on a TV. To the left are examples of three columns numbers one through five and words focused on the pronunciation of the letters J, K, and L.
There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Children  Search this
Communities  Search this
Education  Search this
Migrations  Search this
Multilingual communication  Search this
Photography  Search this
Urban life  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Object number:
2021.53.36
Restrictions & Rights:
© Estate of Frank Espada
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
Portfolio/Series:
The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd533c78e47-2670-4561-adda-85c2e69603b4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.53.36