Object Details
- Created by
- Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Caption
- Louisiana
- PO-BOY (poor boy) originally the name for a sandwich the poorer working people bought for lunch, a lot of food for little money. 'I am the PO-BOY,' said the owner of the fruit stand.
- Leonard Freed, Black in White America (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969), 53.
- Description
- Silver gelatin photograh featuring an image of man wearing a hat with folded arms shown in front of Po-Boy Fruit Stand sign.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
- 1965
- Object number
- 2009.36.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leonard Freed/Magnum
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/4 x 15 in. (26 x 38.1 cm)
- Place depicted
- New Orleans, 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
- Foodways
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.36.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a95e916c-af38-4e0e-bdcd-7193c7096722
