<I>A Grandmother with Baby</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a grandmother holding a baby outside of a home in Puerto Rico. The grandmother is wearing a light-colored shirt with a towel draped over her proper left shoulder. She is holding the baby close to her chest, with her proper left arm cradling the baby from the bottom and her proper right hand supporting the baby’s head close to her chest. The grandmother’s head is slightly angled down looking past the baby. On her proper right hand, she is wearing a band on her ring finger. The baby has their proper right ear pierced and is dressed in a light color shirt with only a diaper on.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the front of the photograph and an alpha-numerical inscription on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Barrio Tokío, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, 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: Children
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2021.53.10
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)