<I>Peace Meals</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937; printed 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Aaron Siskind, American, 1903 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph featuring a man selling pies out of a window in Harlem. The man is pictured leaning out an open window with a striped awning above and a hand-lettered sign below reading [PEACE / HomeCooked Meals / 10 & 15¢]. The man wears a light colored apron over a light colored shirt and holds a small pie raised in his right hand, while his left leans on the window sill. The print is signed by the photographer on the front and inscribed with the title, date, and other details on the back.
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: Communities
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.26.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Aaron Siskind Foundation
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 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (27.6 × 19.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in. (35.3 × 27.4 cm)