Photographic print of a lifegaurd teaching a boy to swim at a swimming pool
date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Thomas Strawder
label: Subject of
content: Thomas McDaniels
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a swimming pool. In the center middle ground, a life guard holds a boy on his stomach in the water as he learns to swim. In the background, there are other children swimming and playing in the pool. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom left corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the number: [320] and a photographer's stamp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Recreation
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, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.302.19
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris 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): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 13/16 × 16 7/8 in. (30 × 42.9 cm)