<I>Overton Park Zoo. Memphis, TN</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: This black-and-white photograph depicts the entrance to a Memphis zoo. At front and center is a sign reading "NO WHITE PEOPLE ALLOWED IN ZOO TODAY." Behind it, several African Americans can be seen in the zoo.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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: 2009.16.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ernest C. Withers Trust
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: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)