Album of photographs taken by Laura Fitzpatrick
date: label: Date
content: 1938-1948
name: label: Created by
content: Laura Fitzpatrick, American, 1927 - 1987
notes: label: Description
content: An album containing 350 photographs of or taken by Laura Fitzpatrick. The cover is light-stained wood, with darker stained pieces with metal studs making up the hinges. The cover is painted with a flower and foliage motif around the word [Album] painted in cursive in the middle. In the interior pages of the album are composed of heavy black paper with photographs mounted usually with corner mounts. There are 90 interior pages plus a large class photograph that serves as its own page. Three of the sides are blank, and two of those have corner mounts suggesting photographs were once displayed there.
label: Description
content: The photographs range in size but are mostly 4" x 5" and 3.5" x 2.5". The photographs were primarily captured by Laura Fitzpatrick and feature her friends, family, community, home life and travel over a decade in Brooklyn and New York City. Many of the photographs have inscriptions written beneath in white.
place: label: Place made
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Youth
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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 of her children in memory of Laura Fitzpatrick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.72.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: photograph albums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, paper, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 14 × 18 × 2 1/4 in. (35.6 × 45.7 × 5.7 cm)