About This Item

  • Call NumberHERZ_0832
  • Title[African American woman with fur coat]
  • SummaryAfrican American woman with fur coat, head scarf, glasses, and closed eyes sitting on subway; to her right, African American man with cap, overcoat, and folded newspaper on knee, possibly doing crossword puzzle; subway route signs ("Coney Island -- D --[6]th Ave [Ex]press") over man's head.
  • Date[ca. 1960]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAfrican American women ; African American men ; Signs [lctgm] ; Subways
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection ; Folder: Subway images