<I>Fashionable Little Boy at Penn Station, NY</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1947; printed 2017
name: label: Photograph by
content: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a young three young boys at Penn Station in New York City. The photograph features one of the young boys standing towards the camera. He has his proper right hand on his hip and looks off to the right of the photograph. He is wearing a fedora, gingham shirt, tie, suspenders, dress pants, and dress shoes. The suspenders have a zig-zag pattern and the tie has a depiction of a cowboy riding a horse. Two other boys are seated on a suitcase behind the standing boy and to the left of the photograph. The second boy is seated facing the camera. He is wearing a similar outfit to the standing boy and has a book resting on his lap. A third boy is partially visible and is also seated on the suitcase. There are other people and suite cases in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph features a stamp from the Orkin/Engel Archive and contains, title, date, and copyright information.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Penn Station Series
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: 2017.50.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive
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): 12 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32.7 × 22.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)