Photographic print of children at a cotton candy booth
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photographic print of children at a cotton candy booth. At center there is an open-mouthed, wide-eyed young boy being handed cotton candy on a wooden stick by the cotton candy vendor. Around the boy there is a tightly pressed crowd of boys at the front of the cotton candy stand. The boy to the proper right of the boy receiving the cotton candy looks at the camera while placing a large amount of cotton candy in his own mouth. Some of the other boys look directly into the camera, which appears to be providing the main light source in this exterior nighttime shot; some smile while others simply stare. The shot is situated from the back right corner of the cotton candy stall; an out of focus metal beam supporting the stall tent cuts through the left side of the image at a slight angle. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the numbers: [1171], [1171.02], and a photographer's stamp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.302.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
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