<I>Ismael Aponte with wife Ana, returned migrants after 33 years in Paterson, NJ</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Ismael Aponte, Puerto Rican
label: Subject of
content: Ana Aponte, Puerto Rican
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ismael Aponte and Ana Aponte standing next to one another at the end of the porch. Ana is standing on the left, with her proper right arm on the railing. She is wearing large, circle framed glasses with a headscarf. Ismael is standing on the right. His proper left arm is extended to lean on the rail, his proper right arm is around Ana. Ismael has a cigarette or cigar in his mouth.
label: Description
content: The background is a field with hills in the distance. There are two small trees, one directly behind the couple and another standing off the right side. On the bottom left corner, a part of a couch is visible.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a yellow rectangular mark, possibly left over adhesive from a cataloguing label, with the photographer’s signature, inscriptions, and numerical annotations.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Las Pierdas, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Migrations
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.53.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Frank Espada
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: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)