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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Acting As If

1940s

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Acting As If - Washington, District of Columbia, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 22. A black-and-white photograph of young schoolboys. Some look at the camera as others look elsewhere.

Catalog date
1940s
Recorded places
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Children; Local and regional; Photography; Urban life

Sources & collection details

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2010.74.24

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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