<I>Harlem Merchant</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Morris Engel, American, 1918 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Signed by
content: Morris Engel, American, 1918 - 2005
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of an unidentified man selling merchandise in Harlem, New York. The man is featured at the center of the photograph. He is visible from the upper chest and is looking through a small opening. On either side of the man there are jars filled with a variety of objects. Below the man there are advertisements for Brown's Mule Chew, Days Work Chew, and Honey Cut Chew. Below the advertisements there are numerous objects on a shelf. Some of the objects are balm, Luden's Cough Drops, guns, packages, and cans. The back of the photograph is signed by photographer Morris Engel.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
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: Collection title
content: Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Harlem Document
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: 2017.48.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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): 10 3/16 × 13 1/8 in. (25.9 × 33.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 5/8 × 13 5/8 in. (27 × 34.6 cm)