<I>Mother and Daughter at Penn Station, NY</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1947; printed after 1985
name: label: Photograph by
content: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a woman and her daughter sitting atop a suitcase in Penn Station, in New York City. The young girl is featured facing the camera with her eyes slightly closed and her head resting on her mother's shoulder. She is wearing a dress, dress shoes, and a bow in her hand. Her proper right leg is pulled up to her chest and she is holding a band across her proper right foot. Her proper left leg, hangs off the side of the suitcase. The mother has her back toward the camera and is sitting facing the back right of the photograph. She is wearing a dress and hat and looks off in the direction that she is facing. Other people and suitcases are partially visible in the background. The back of the photograph features a stamp from the Orkin/Engel Archive and contains, title, date, and copyright information.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Penn Station Series
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 the Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.48.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Orkin/Engel Film and Photo 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 (Image): 18 7/8 × 12 13/16 in. (47.9 × 32.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)