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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Horse's Ass

1930s

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.

Horses Ass - Parade Duty, Broadway, Manhattan, New York, 1930's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 29. A black-and-white photograph of a mounted police officer patrolling a parade route. On the verso is an inscription reading [NEW YORK'S-FINEST HORSE'S ASS ON PARADE DUTY].

Catalog date
1930s
Recorded places
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Amusements; Photography

Sources & collection details

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

Catalog reference: 2010.74.31

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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