<I>Joseph A. McNeil and Franklin E. McCain</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Franklin McCain, American, 1941 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Joseph McNeil, American, 1942 - 2025
label: Subject of
content: F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: International Civil Rights Center & Museum, American, founded 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Joseph A. McNeil and Franklin E. McCain, by Platon. McNeil and McCain are depicted leaning on the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They are standing on the service side of the counter, opposite a row of lunch counter stools with metal seat frames, plastic seats, and metal spindle backrests. McNeil is depicted in the far-left foreground, with his proper left elbow and right forearm resting on the counter and his face cradled in his proper left hand. He is wearing a medium tone suit with widely spaced thin, light stripes. He is also wearing a white dress shirt, matching tie, frameless glasses, and a watch with a thick metal band. McCain, depicted on the right, is resting both forearms on the counter with his fingers laced together in front of him. He is wearing a dark toned suit jacket, white dress shirt, a diagonally striped tie, and square, wireframed glasses. The photograph was taken from an upwards perspective, at counter level. Both men’s heads are slightly turned, and they are looking down towards the viewer. In the background is the rest of the diner which has horizontally striped walls, a square tile floor, a square pillar, and four rows of round light fixtures. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Museums
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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 Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.13
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 14 7/16 × 21 1/2 in. (36.7 × 54.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)