Photographic print of young boy in casket
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1930 - 1970
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a small boy lying in an open casket lined in plush, quilted fabric. Fern fronds and lit lamps surround the casket on either side. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [206] and a photographer's stamp.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2014.302.23
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 (Image): 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 13 × 16 7/16 in. (33 × 41.8 cm)