African American Snapshots: Photoprints
name: label: Creator
content: Orr, Craig
place: label: Place
content: Atlantic City (N.J.) -- 1920-1940
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- 1930-1940
label: Topic
content: African American children -- 1920-1940
label: Topic
content: African Americans -- 1920-1940
label: Topic
content: African Americans -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: African American women
label: Topic
content: African Americans -- Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: African American history
label: Topic
content: African American women -- History
label: Topic
content: African American women -- History -- Sources.
label: Topic
content: African American neighborhoods
label: Topic
content: Women's fashion
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- African American children
label: Topic
content: African American children
label: Topic
content: Leisure
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection was donated to the Archives Center by Craig Orr, 1999.
creator: label: Creator
content: Orr, Craig
culture: label: Culture
content: African Americans -- 20th century
setName: label: See more items in
content: African American Snapshots: Photoprints
abstract: label: Summary
content: Three photographic prints of unidentified African American women and children dating from 1929-1933.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Collection was acquired at a flea market in Hagerstown, Maryland on October 24, 1999. The owners, subjects, and photographers of the prints are unknown.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1933
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Collection was acquired at a flea market in Hagerstown, Maryland on October 24, 1999. The owners, subjects, and photographer of the prints are unknown.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0732
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Snapshots
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, 2008.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 19th-20th century -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
label: Genre/Form
content: Snapshots
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of three photographic prints of unidentified African American women and children. It is unclear if the people in the images are related or know the individuals in the other photographs.  The dates and captions of the photographs are written on the print surfaces with no known photographer. The earliest photograph is of a boy and girl sitting on the steps in front of a house in an unknown location and is dated 1929. The second photograph is of two women standing in front of the Lily White Company in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1930.  The last photograph is of a woman posing in swim wear beside an automobile.  The print is dated 1933 and the automobile behind her has a New York state license plate.  Materials are housed in one folder.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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