Fashionable Little Boy at Penn Station, NY: Museum Object and Cultural History
Fashionable Little Boy at Penn Station, NY: Date: 1947; printed 2017. Photograph by: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of a young three young boys at Penn Station in New York City. The photograph features one of the young boys standing towards the camera. He has his proper right hand on his hip and looks off to the right of the photograph. He is wearing a fedora, gingham shirt, tie, suspenders, dress pants, and dress shoes. The suspenders have a zig-zag pattern and the tie has a depiction of a cowboy riding a horse. Two other boys are seated on a suitcase behind the standing boy and to the left of the photograph. The second boy is seated facing the camera. He is wearing a similar outfit to the standing boy and has a book resting on his lap. A third boy is partially visible and is also seated on the suitcase. There are other people and suite cases in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph features a stamp from the Orkin/Engel Archive and contains, title, date, and copyright information.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1947; printed 2017
- Photograph by: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32.7 × 22.1 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Travel
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2017.50.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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