<I>Benny, crippled in gang fight, with Savage Nomads' "Colors"</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Benny, Puerto Rican
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Benny, a member of the Savage Nomads street gang, holding up the back of the gang leather jacket with both hands while sitting on a wheelchair. The jacket reaches down past his knees. The back of the jacket has three patches: [SAVAGE] / [an iron cross with a skull wearing horns] / [NOMADS]. Benny wears a dark color long-sleeved shirt and light color pants. He wears a flower-patterned bandana on his head. The background is a white wall with vegetation in the left lower corner.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. The back of the print is marked with the photographer’s signature, inscriptions, and a label related to the Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Migrations
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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: 2021.53.20
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)