<I>Open Kitchen</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1930s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965
notes: label: Caption
content: Open Kitchen - Father Devine, The Black Panthers and other socially conscious groups offered free meals and shelter to the community in some abandoned buildings, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, 1930's
label: Caption
content: Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 65.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a building used by Father Divine to provide food and shelter during the 1930s. A hand painted sign on the door reads "Pacific Open Kitchen." The building next door is delapidated, with broken windows and missing steps. An inscription on the verso reads [FATHER DEVINE'S OPEN KITCHEN 1940's BROOKLYN].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious leaders
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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 of Joe Schwartz and Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.74.63
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Joe Schwartz
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): 10 9/16 x 13 7/16 in. (26.8 x 34.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 7/8 in. (28 x 35.3 cm)