Photograph of Edie and two others in front of Star Employment Agency
date: label: Date
content: 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Laura Fitzpatrick, American, 1927 - 1987
label: Owned by
content: Laura Fitzpatrick, American, 1927 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of two young women and a boy standing in front of Star Employment Agency. The boy, flanked by the ladies, wears a three-button suit and tie. He carries a something on a strap over his left shoulder and has several small items pinned to his lapel. The lady on his right wears a hat and buttoned overcoat, and she holds her gloves in her right hand. The woman to the boy’s left, possibly “Edie,” wears a blouse and long skirt with her coat thrown over her shoulders. On back, repeating watermark reads [VELOX]. On back at bottom center, stamped in black ink, is [97]. Slip of paper accompanying photograph in album reads [1945 / Edie and two friends / in front of Star Employment / Agency].
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Youth
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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 of her children in memory of Laura Fitzpatrick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.72.2.3.73
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Daniel S. Evans
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): 2 13/16 × 4 9/16 in. (7.1 × 11.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (8.9 × 13 cm)