<I>Man sitting on debris pile - Roxbury, Mass. - 1969</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1969
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This image depicts an older man sitting on a pile of trash in front of an abandoned building. The man, wearing a dark sweater and pants sits sideways to the camera and gazes past his right shoulder at the viewer. His hands are folded in his lap. He sits on a pile of trash including old cans and bottles, rocks, boards, wires, and plastic bags. In the background is a large abandoned brick building with some windows boarded over, others are open black rectangles in the brick facade. To the right of the building is a tall brick wall, above which is an elevated train track with a train going past.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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 Robert and Greta Houston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.116.6
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Houston
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6518 pixels × 6771 pixels, 84.19 MB