Photographic print of a postal worker
date: label: Date
content: 1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a postal worker sorting mail into cubby holes. The postal worker stands in front of two large shelving units divided into smaller sections in a large post office. Two of the individual shelves are labelled for different areas of California and Kansas; the other visible labels are not legible. Two large boxes of chicken eggs sit on a counter to the postal worker's proper right. The back of the photograph has a barcode sticker from that reads: [File: 51-1491 / ID: AP179 / Neg.: / Credit: Pittsburgh Courier Archives/Archive Photos NR / An African-American postal worker stands and sorts mail into separate slots at the downtown branch of the U.S. Post Office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.] At the center of the back of the photograph there is a yellow dot sticker.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Kansas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2014.302.48
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: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)