Object Details
Photograph by
Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Description
A black and white photograph of a group of children receiving vaccinations. The children are formed in a line. Three unidentified women stand with the children. An unidentified man sits at a wooden table covered in white cloth with two columns of syringes on top. The man sits with his back away from the camera and sticks a syringe into the proper left arm of a girl at the front of the line while the woman standing to the girl's proper right rests a hand on her proper left shoulder. There is an imprint of a palm tree in the bottom right corner of the border on the front of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription, by hand, of the numbers: [531], [531.01], and a photographer's stamp.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
Date
ca. 1955
Object number
2014.302.6
Restrictions & Rights
© Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 13 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 cm)
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black Press
Children
Health
Medicine
Photography
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.302.6