Photograph of Eunice Cook inspecting a jail cell at Centre Avenue police station
date: label: Date
content: June 1949
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Eunice Cook, American, born 1907
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Eunice Cook inspecting a bed at Centre Avenue police station. Cook is wearing a pencil skirt, matching blazer, and large-brimmed hat. She stands next to a bed and pulls up the sheets from the end of the mattress. The camera angle is from the exterior of the room so that the wall and open door are visible; both wall and door have cutouts with metal bars fitted into the empty spaces. The back of the photograph has a barcode sticker and a yellow circle sticker at center.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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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: 2014.302.34
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (21.9 × 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)