<I>Young Lords, At the Breakfast Table</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1970; printed later
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a busy kitchen belonging to the New York Young Lords during their breakfast program, with five children in view sitting and eating breakfast while three young adults cook near the stove. A long table is set with a plastic covering. At the center of the table is toppings needed for foods, such as hot sauces, honey, and ketchup. Five children as visibly seated on the side closest to the stove. They all appear to have plastic eating-ware, with plates and cups. The ages of the children range.
label: Description
content: Behind the seated children, to the far left is presumably a cupboard with painted flowers. In the center back are two young adults, Maritza and Elena Gonzalez; one is cooking presumably eggs on the stove, their back turned, and the other facing the children with a utensil in their proper right hand. To the far right is a third young adult, mixing ingredients into a bowl. There are cartons of milk and eggs are on the counter. A shelf above the stove, counter, and sink holds various sizes of pans and pots.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Young Lords
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Young Lords Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.53.32
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Frank Espada
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)