<I>Tommy Jimenez, Leader of the Latin Eagles</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1982
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Tommy Jimenez, American
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Tommy Jimenez standing in front of a graffitied brick and concrete wall in Chicago. Pictured from the knees up, Jimenez is wearing dark colored bottoms, a white tank top and headphones around his neck. He is posed standing straight with his arms by his side. Behind him, the wall is graffitied with “LATIN EAGLES HOOD! ‘NAG’.” Jimenez, at the time the photo was taken, was president of the Latin Eagles, a predominantly Puerto Rican gang founding in Chicago, IL around 1964. In the far distance is the entrance to an alley way with the following graffitied upside [P.R.S.].
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. The back of the print is inscribed with the subject’s information, the photographer’s signature and stamp, and an label for the Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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: Art
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Violence
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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: 2021.53.14
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: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)