Object Details
- Photograph by
- Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Printed by
- Steinmetz Studio, French
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a young girl walking down a sidewalk in New Orleans, Louisiana by photographer Leonard Freed. The girl is carrying a large white cloth bag of laundry and is barefoot. She looks at the camera directly and wears a dark dress. Above her head in the extreme upper left of the photo is a storefront sign stating "Service for Colored at Window". The street is lined with cars and homes and other people are visible further down the sidewalk. The date and place the photo was taken are inscribed on the back along with the photographer's stamp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1965; printed 1998
- Object number
- 2009.10.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 x 8 11/16 in. (33 x 22 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Place depicted
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Labor
- Photography
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.10.3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf4fb99f-a7f7-49dd-8559-7b2d2151342d
