<I>Brown Sisters Walk to School</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1953
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hikaru Carl Iwasaki, American, 1923 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Linda Brown, American, 1942 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Terry Brown, American, born 1945
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts the Brown sisters walking between train tracks en route to Monroe Elementary, the segregated Black school closest to their home. The sisters walk between a passing or parked train and unoccupied train tracks which both recede into a vanishing point slightly above the tallest girl's head. Their backs are to the camera and both girls are captured mid-step in the image. The oldest sister, Linda, holds a brown bag lunch in her PR hand while the younger sister, Terry, holds a brown bag lunch in her PL hand. Both girls wear knee-length overcoats.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.166.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carl Iwasaki/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 11 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (29.1 × 21.3 cm)