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Fashionable Little Boy at Penn Station, NY

1947; printed 2017

Manhattan, New York City, New York, 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.

A black and white photograph of a young three young boys at Penn Station in New York City. The photograph features one of the young boys standing towards the camera. He has his proper right hand on his hip and looks off to the right of the photograph. He is wearing a fedora, gingham shirt, tie, suspenders, dress pants, and dress shoes. The suspenders have a zig-zag pattern and the tie has a depiction of a cowboy riding a horse. Two other boys are seated on a suitcase behind the standing boy and to the left of the photograph. The second boy is seated facing the camera. He is wearing a similar outfit to the standing boy and has a book resting on his lap. A third boy is partially visible and is also seated on the suitcase. There are other people and suite cases in the background of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2017.50.1

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