Digital print of a Chicago housing mural by John Pitman Weber
date: label: Date
content: June 2010; printed 2012
name: label: Created by
content: Bernard Kleina, American
label: Subject of
content: John Pitman Weber, American, born 1942
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of a housing-themed mural on a brick wall. The mural is made to appear as two white signs surrounded by colorful geometric shapes. The top sign reads "HOUSING / IS / STILL / THE / ISSUE" and below it, in Spanish, it reads "A LA DEFENSA / LA COMUNIDAD [...]” The individual bricks of the wall are visible beneath the paint.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Chicago Freedom Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.140.30
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bernard J. Kleina
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (15.9 x 18.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)