<I>People’s Free Food Program, Palo Alto, California, 1972</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1972, printed 2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Stephen Shames, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of two older women sitting side-by-side on a bench. Both women are wearing floral print dresses, and are facing the camera. The woman on the proper right is wearing glasses and holds a newspaper in her left hand. The woman on the left is resting her arms on her handbag in her lap. The women have bags of food placed on the ground in front of their legs. The bags read: [PEOPLE'S/ FREE FOOD/ PROGRAM], and there is an image of a black panther, the Black Panther Party logo, between the lines [PEOPLE'S] and [FREE FOOD].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.123.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Stephen Shames
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 (Sheet): 19 3/4 × 16 in. (50.2 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 18 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (47.3 × 31.9 cm)