<I>A Friend from Long Ago</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of an old friend of Frank Espada, the photographer. The man is seated against a blurred background in an outside area. His body is facing forward but his head is turned to his proper right side, towards the camera. He is wearing a mesh, athletic shirt over a white t-shirt. The friend has a large grin on his face.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. On the back of the print is a sideways inscription, the photographer’s signature, and the location depicted.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Hawaii, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Migrations
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.53.35
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Frank Espada
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: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)