About This Item

  • TitlePrentis Covington
  • Call NumberHERZ_0291
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of Prentis Covington, an African American man, wearing cap and holding cigarette in left hand, standing in yard of his house at 697 Lafayette Avenue with iron fence and portions of two houses in background. See also: 0292, 0293, and 0294.
  • Date1970
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: July, 1970; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAfrican American men ; Fences
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.