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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

On Every Corner, a Gum Machine

1930s

Bronx, 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.

On Every Corner, a Gum Machine - Bronx, New York, 1930's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 150. A black-and-white photograph of a young boy working a gum machine while his mother watches over his shoulder.

Catalog date
1930s
Recorded places
Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Children; Photography; Urban life

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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

Catalog reference: 2010.74.113

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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