Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Caption

Serenaders of Kingsboro - Kingsboro Housing Project, 6th Walk, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 75.

Description

A black-and-white photograph of a group of young men, two of whom play guitars, posing for the photograph.

Created by

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Date

1940s

Credit Line

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

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (26.7 x 34 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Topic

African American

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Photography

Restrictions & Rights

© Joe Schwartz

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted

Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Object number

2010.74.68