<I>Laundry Girl • New Orleans, LA</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1965; printed 1998
name: label: Photograph by
content: Leonard Freed, American, 1929 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Printed by
content: Steinmetz Studio, French
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a young girl walking down a sidewalk in New Orleans, Louisiana by photographer Leonard Freed. The girl is carrying a large white cloth bag of laundry and is barefoot. She looks at the camera directly and wears a dark dress. Above her head in the extreme upper left of the photo is a storefront sign stating "Service for Colored at Window". The street is lined with cars and homes and other people are visible further down the sidewalk. The date and place the photo was taken are inscribed on the back along with the photographer's stamp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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: 2009.10.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
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): 13 x 8 11/16 in. (33 x 22 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)