Object Details
Photograph by
Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Description
A black and white photograph of a postal worker sorting mail into cubby holes. The postal worker stands in front of two large shelving units divided into smaller sections in a large post office. Two of the individual shelves are labelled for different areas of California and Kansas; the other visible labels are not legible. Two large boxes of chicken eggs sit on a counter to the postal worker's proper right. The back of the photograph has a barcode sticker from that reads: [File: 51-1491 / ID: AP179 / Neg.: / Credit: Pittsburgh Courier Archives/Archive Photos NR / An African-American postal worker stands and sorts mail into separate slots at the downtown branch of the U.S. Post Office, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.] At the center of the back of the photograph there is a yellow dot sticker.
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
1950
Object number
2014.302.48
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: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Place depicted
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Kansas, United States, North and Central America
California, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black Press
Communication
Correspondence
Labor
Photography
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.302.48