Photograph of Amos Harper "off to school"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1910
name: label: Photograph by
content: Lucius Harper, American, 1867 - 1920
label: Subject of
content: Amos Harper, American, 1894 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white oval photograph depicts a boy in a suit with short pants. He wears a light colored, double breasted suit jacket with dark pinstripes, and matching knee-length pants. He wears a tie, high dark sock, and dark shoes. Holding a dark hat in his left hand and a stack of books wrapped in a strap in his right, he stands with his left hand on his hip, gazing slightly to the right of the viewer. The photograph is mounted on a brown cardboard backing, with a embossed decorative groove framing the photograph. Above the photograph on the left side are the words "Off for school" handwritten in pencil, while underneath on the right side are the words "Amos Harper/ Galveston." Directly under the image is a faint stamp mark that reads Lucius Harper/ photographer/ pictures enlarged."
place: label: Place captured
content: Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.30.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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): 4 15/16 × 3 3/8 in. (12.5 × 8.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Card): 7 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (20 × 14.6 cm)