Object Details
- Photograph by
- Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Printed by
- Sunshine Color Lab, American
- Description
- This color photograph shows young boys opening a fire hydrant on a summer day in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1980. One boy opens the hydrant, while the other five stand to the side on the sidewalk. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz
- 1980; printed 2010
- Object number
- 2014.84.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jamel Shabazz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- chromogenic color prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 13 11/16 in. (23.2 × 34.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Place depicted
- Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- "Back in the Days"
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Children
- Communities
- Identity
- Photography
- Play
- Urban life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.84.13
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50cb69b05-3dd6-4d10-8bf6-58dbefe64158
