Mother and Daughter at Penn Station, NY: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mother and Daughter at Penn Station, NY: Date: 1947; printed after 1985. Photograph by: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of a woman and her daughter sitting atop a suitcase in Penn Station, in New York City. The young girl is featured facing the camera with her eyes slightly closed and her head resting on her mother's shoulder. She is wearing a dress, dress shoes, and a bow in her hand. Her proper right leg is pulled up to her chest and she is holding a band across her proper right foot. Her proper left leg, hangs off the side of the suitcase. The mother has her back toward the camera and is sitting facing the back right of the photograph. She is wearing a dress and hat and looks off in the direction that she is facing. Other people and suitcases are partially visible in the background. 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 after 1985
- Photograph by: Ruth Orkin, American, 1921 - 1985
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 18 7/8 × 12 13/16 in. (47.9 × 32.5 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
- Place depicted: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Travel
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2017.48.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive
- 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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