Photographic print of Gladys Thornton injured by a streetcar
date: label: Date
content: July 1, 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Gladys Thornton
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Gladys Thornton injured and lying prone in the street; a bundle of cloth supports her head while her proper right arm is raised so that her right fist rests close to her forehead. There are shadows cast by nearby standing onlookers and the undercarriage of a stationary streetcar features prominently in the background of the shot. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [1305] 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: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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, 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: 2014.302.8
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 13 1/16 × 17 in. (33.2 × 43.2 cm)