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Living with the "El"

Object Details

Caption
Living with the "El" - Atlantic Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's
Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 95.
Description
A black-and-white photograph of children loitering on a sidewalk. On the left, elevated trolley tracks.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
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 9/16 x 13 5/8 in. (26.9 x 34.6 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (28 x 35.3 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
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